US State Department lays off hundreds of employees - Financial Times
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The US Department of State plans to lay off hundreds of employees after a Supreme Court decision allowed job cuts. This reduction, which accounts for about 15% of the staff, aims to increase the department's efficiency.
The US State Department has decided to lay off hundreds of employees in the near future. This is reported by UNN with reference to Financial Times.
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The layoffs are planned after a Supreme Court decision this week allowed the Donald Trump administration to begin mass job cuts in federal agencies.
The plan, unveiled by Marco Rubio in April, calls for a reduction of about 15 percent of the department's employees. According to agency spokeswoman Tammy Bruce, the cuts are aimed at making the State Department "relevant, efficient, and agile."
When something is too big to work, too bureaucratic to really function and implement projects or actions, it has to change
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