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David Rice, a disabled Army paratrooper who has been on probation since joining the U.S. Department of Energy in September, also learned Thursday night that he had lost his job.

Rice, who has been working as a foreign affairs specialist on health matters relating to radiation exposure, said he’d been led to believe that his job would likely be safe. But on Thursday night, when he logged into his computer for a meeting with Japanese representatives, he saw an email saying he’d been fired.

“It’s just been chaos,” said Rice, 50, who had just bought a house in Melbourne, Florida, after he got the job.

Rice said he agrees with the Trump administration’s goal of making the government more efficient, but objects to the random, scattershot approach being taken.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

"The last time the economy lost jobs was in December 2020, when the United States was still recovering from ~~the coronavirus pandemic~~" Trump's first term. (fixed that)

[–] Montreal_Metro 4 points 5 days ago

Oh noooooooo.

Oh well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

As a gov contractor is be all for improving efficiency but what is happening is the exact opposite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Oh, not me though!

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