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‘It felt like Squid Game’: HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated

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Fired employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take personal belongings with them as they leave HHS Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in D.C. on April 01, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch) Fired employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take personal belongings with them as they leave HHS Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in D.C. on April 01, 2025. (Photo by Kevin …

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‘It felt like Squid Game’: HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated

Fired employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take personal belongings with them as they leave HHS Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in D.C. on April 01, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch) Fired employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take personal belongings with them as they leave HHS Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in D.C. on April 01, 2025. (Photo by Kevin …

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‘It felt like Squid Games’: HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated

Scores of federal workers lined up outside their offices on April Fool’s Day to see if their badges worked. If it didn’t, it wasn’t a joke.

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‘A cruel April Fool’s joke’: HHS layoffs characterized by confusion, errors

The sweeping workforce reduction that began Tuesday was made worse by mistakes and poor communication, including directions for some CMS employees to contact a director who died last year.

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Fired federal health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead

Use of the worker's name in termination instructions reflects the chaos of the administration’s efforts to shed workers and was a gut punch, a colleague said.

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Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead.

Some federal health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder, who died last year, with discrimination complaints.

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