The Trump administration is executing a significant workforce-reduction plan at the Health and Human Services (HHS) department, aiming to lay off up to 10,000 employees. This initiative began recently and follows health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a departmental overhaul. Employees lined up anxiously at federal buildings awaiting their employment status, reflecting uncertainty and fear among the workforce. This move is part of a broader strategy outlined in Project 2025, which targets the HHS restructuring involving employment security challenges, impacting various health oversight functions.
At least one office employee waved their badge at the entry point to see whether a red or a green light would appear indicating whether they still had a job or not.
It's in Project 2025, she said. Basically since February they've been telling us we might be let go.
We're being led through a security line like you would if you were at TSA, the HHS employee, who is a supervisor, said.
Kennedy's restructuring goal is meant to dramatically reshape the department that oversees the US's food supply, monitors disease outbreaks, and conducts critical medical research.
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