Employee at StL Gateway Arch National Park says Trump and Musk's (DOGE) is "terrorizing" the park's federal workers

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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio 7h
An employee at Gateway Arch National Park says President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is "terrorizing" the park's federal employees.

The employee told STLPR that several colleagues have been terminated in recent weeks. They declined to elaborate on a number but said the terminated workers were probationary employees, as defined by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

The terminated workers were told they were being let go due to performance issues, though some had not been there long enough to have received a formal employee review. The anonymous worker said some of those employees had uprooted their lives for what was supposed to be a promising career move. NPR reports about 1,000 federal park employees were laid off Feb. 14 nationwide.

The employee said those left are in fear of changing directives from Washington and additional job cuts that may not align with legal requirements for personnel reduction as outlined by the personnel office. Official word can change multiple times over the course of the day, they said.

Park Services employees at the Arch were among those confused by the weekend email from the Department of Government Efficiency asking them to justify their jobs and unsure of the implications of a response.

https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-02-27/st-louis-gateway-arch-national-park-employees-terrorized-job-cuts-doge


Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff
Demoralizing and demeaning federal workers until they quit.

If you're Elon Musk, that sounds like a great way to pay for your tax cut.