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The Independent: SSA planning to lay off thousands more staff in DOGE cuts despite long wait times and web crashes
The Independent - Social Security Administration planning to lay off thousands more staff in DOGE cuts despite long wait times and web crashes
Cuts could be made across variety of departments, including communications, personnel, legislative affairs, and retirement and disability policy.
Josh Marcus
in San Francisco
Friday 04 April 2025 20:46 BST
The Social Security Administration is reportedly drafting plans to lay off thousands more employees overseeing benefits for the nation’s seniors as part of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, even as it has struggled with reports of poor customer service following the loss of 7,000 workers who have left or been fired from the agency already this year.
Under the direction of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, the agency is looking at cuts across a variety of departments, including communications, personnel, legislative affairs, and retirement and disability policy.
“It’s just cut, cut, cut,” an official told The Washington Post, which reported on the plan.
Employees received an email this week offering voluntary reassignments to “mission-critical” roles like answering calls from beneficiaries and adjudicating claims as the agency eyes a wider reorganization, per the paper.
“We are proceeding with plans that may include abolishment of organizations and positions, directed reassignments, and reductions in force (RIF),” the email read.
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Cuts could be made across variety of departments, including communications, personnel, legislative affairs, and retirement and disability policy.
Josh Marcus
in San Francisco
Friday 04 April 2025 20:46 BST
The Social Security Administration is reportedly drafting plans to lay off thousands more employees overseeing benefits for the nation’s seniors as part of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, even as it has struggled with reports of poor customer service following the loss of 7,000 workers who have left or been fired from the agency already this year.
Under the direction of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, the agency is looking at cuts across a variety of departments, including communications, personnel, legislative affairs, and retirement and disability policy.
“It’s just cut, cut, cut,” an official told The Washington Post, which reported on the plan.
Employees received an email this week offering voluntary reassignments to “mission-critical” roles like answering calls from beneficiaries and adjudicating claims as the agency eyes a wider reorganization, per the paper.
“We are proceeding with plans that may include abolishment of organizations and positions, directed reassignments, and reductions in force (RIF),” the email read.
/snip
Jesus Christ...
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