Order byBest matchMost fresh

DOGE, Challenger Report and Plans to Cut Jobs

Digest more
Top News
Trends
Forbes |
Challenger estimates 497,052 job cuts were announced in the first three months of the year—the highest quarterly total since Q1 in 2009, during the Great Recession.
KHOU 11 |
Through the first quarter of the year, the federal government has cut 279,445 jobs, a more than sevenfold increase from the 36,195 cuts announced in the first quarter of 2024.

Read more on News Digest

DOGE office led to historic job cuts, report says
The DOGE office has only sparingly confirmed specific numbers of layoffs, meaning Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.'s report is one of few estimates of the sheer size of its acti
DOGE-Related Plans to Cut Jobs Top 280,000 in Challenger Report
The Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the US government amounted to more than 280,000 planned layoffs of federal workers and contractors across 27 agencies over the past two months, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger,
Job Cuts Soared 60% In March To Highest Since Spring 2020—Almost All Because Of DOGE
March would have been a “fairly quiet month for layoffs” without the impacts from the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the March Challenger report.
Here's how many federal government jobs were cut in the first quarter of 2025
Cuts within the federal government accounted for 216,215 job losses in March. Through the first quarter of the year, the federal government has cut 279,445 jobs.
Layoff Announcements Soar in March on DOGE Federal Workforce Cuts
Layoffs jumped in March as the Department of Government Efficiency's reductions to the federal workforce made up more than three-quarters of the 275,240 job cuts tracked by the firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Trump admin's DOGE cuts send job losses soaring as tariffs loom
The 275,240 cuts recorded by outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. is the third-highest monthly total recorded by the firm since 1989, topped only by numbers in April and May of 2020,
Trump admin’s DOGE cuts send job losses soaring as tariffs loom
The federal government led a near-record number of job cuts nationally in March, a spike fueled by widespread government layoffs directed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk’s DOGE slashed 280,000 jobs from federal government: report
DOGE-driven job cuts have significantly impacted federal agencies, accounting for 279,445 layoffs across 27 government agencies.
DOGE Cuts Update Today: Mass Layoffs Underway at Health Agencies
Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices that their jobs were being terminated on Tuesday.
Layoffs spiked by 205% last month to third-highest ever recorded, fueled by DOGE mass firings
Job cuts more than tripled to 275,240 last month, a surge caused by mass layoffs of government workers by Elon Musk's DOGE.
NC’s own DOGE? Republicans advance bill giving auditor more power to recommend job cuts
Critics questioned the decision to name the bill after the Republican auditor and have it expire right before his term ends.
DOGE Cuts Update Today: Millions of Social Security Records Changed
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency issued an update on the Social Security Administration's "major cleanup" of records.
Raw Story on MSN1d
‘Instigator’: GOP senator has ‘no sympathy’ for federal worker who lost job to DOGE cuts
Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) doubled down on his insults of a terminated government employee who went viral after the lawmaker reacted to his termination by telling him he “probably deserved it…because you seem like a clown.
Democrat Kamlager-Dove takes aim at DOGE ahead of potential State Department cuts
A new proposal on Capitol Hill takes aim at DOGE while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch.
Feedback