Article: What DOGE taught us about AI and federal workers
Last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development lost 97% of its staff in a matter of weeks. An article published in The New York Times last month found the majority of these former employees were still out of work a year later — not between jobs, but out of the market entirely, with some managers who once earned six-figure salaries applying for part-time retail positions.
Over 270,000 federal employees separated from the U.S. government through layoffs, forced resignations and buyouts.
They lost the institutional context that made their expertise meaningful
And then comes the kicker:
The informal support networks that emerged in Washington show what community-level resilience looks like when institutions fail. They deserve federal attention and funding, not just admiration. Workers, communities and agencies affected by AI deployment decisions need a meaningful voice in how those decisions are made.
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Article: What DOGE taught us about AI and federal workers
And then comes the kicker:
Translated this means: you cannot ever sack us.
But hurt deep into the hole.