Federal workers struggle to find roles a year after Trump cuts: Ive applied to over 250 jobs

Current and former government employees say theyre facing a tough job market over a year on from sweeping cutsMaggie was faced with a tough choice in February 2025: quit her job at the US office of personnel management or be unceremoniously fired.Though she was a few months pregnant at the time, Maggie was offered one of the buyouts that were offered to tens of thousands of federal government employees by the office of personnel management.