An informed source said that an executive official in the US Tax Authority informed the employees today, Thursday, to separate about 6000 employees, in a move that would reduce the workforce in the interest almost 6% in the midst of the tax for tax declarations, according to Reuters news agency. For its part, the Associated Press quoted an informed source as saying that the number of those threatened to lose their jobs in the Tax Authority refer to 7,000 thousand employees.
This comes within the framework of US President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the number of government workers, which targeted organizational bodies for banks, missile scientists and tens of thousands of other public officials. This effort is led by billionaire Elon Musk, who was the largest giving of Trump’s election campaign.
The source said that the Director of Talent Bringing Department at the Tax Authority Christie Armstrong was crying while announcing the demobilization operations in a phone call, and called on the workers to support each other during the difficult times.
“It was very emotional,” added the source, who attended the call.
The source stated that the total number of employees is expected to reach 6,700 employees, and that the workers appointed during the era of former President Joe Biden are largely targeted.
In the interest in all states, about 100,000 people are currently working from 80,000 when Biden took office.
Workers ’layoffs are part of the intensive efforts made by the Trump administration to reduce the size of the federal workforce through the Ministry of Governmental efficiency by issuing orders for agencies to lay off almost all employees under the test who have not yet obtained the protection of civil service.
