US Health Dept may ask fired staff to keep working, reinstate others

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Source: Reuters

April 3, 2025 6:32 PM EDT Updated 9 hours ago


WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Thousands of employees fired this week from the Department of Health and Human Services and the public health agencies it oversees may be asked to temporarily continue working for two months and others could be reinstated, officials said on Thursday.

"There were some programs that were cut that are being reinstated," Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News, referring in particular to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program that monitors lead levels in children's blood. "Personnel that should not have been cut were cut -- we're reinstating them, and that was always the plan."

The department on Tuesday began mass layoffs at high profile health agencies like the FDA, CDC and National Institutes of Health, aiming to fire 10,000 staffers as part of a broader plan by President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink the federal government and slash spending.

Employees said they were given "reduction in force" notices that said they were being placed on administrative leave effective April 1 and until June 2. Some at the Food and Drug Administration were told to keep their work computers. Health agency sources said the layoffs had already begun to affect everything from bird flu response to drug oversight. "All employees affected by the reduction in force may be asked to temporarily work until their government service ends on June 2," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-department-says-it-may-ask-fired-staff-keep-working-2025-04-03/

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"Personnel that should not have been cut were cut -- we're reinstating them, and that was always the plan."

Bullshit. There was no "plan" except to "cut" some x% of people no matter what they did.

The Bird Flu isn't going to suddenly disappear on June 2nd.

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1. So Brainworm The Magnificent

says it was always the plan to fire people and then bring them back. Such managerial magnificence. "We planned on destroying you for a few weeks and then bringing you back like nothing happened" is bound to go down in history as one of, in not the most, glaring examples of what drug use, an education and an entitled upbringing leads such a person to think is rational conduct.

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2. It's a win-win for them

because even if they "bring them back" they know a subset will NOT "come back". So either way, they have less people working and have now put fear into those who do return, and who were not initially impacted, basically implying a threat that they can be removed at any time (regardless of the fact that the law says they CANNOT randomly just fire people).

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3. Time for a general strike. Set up picket lines.

Show some strength. Nobody works unless we all work.

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4. Stupid fucking rethugs trademark is

BREAK IT, FIX IT, FIX it again, fix it again!! Then say it's because of Joe Biden.

[Grokenstein]

5. Move fast, break things, cause death, spread havoc, destroy lives, salt the earth...shrug shoulders.

Now we know for certain the worms ate rfkj's brains, because he admitted a mistake. agent krasnov will not be pleased.

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6. So the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing?

People were fired who never should have been fired so they had a plan to reinstate them.
So why fire them in the first place? Who is in charge here? Anyone?