The Layoff Era and the Leaders Who Said Nothing

What One Year of Mass Cuts Reveals About Who’s Leading — and Who’s Performing

One year ago this month, the federal government began the largest mass layoff in modern American history.

More than 300,000 federal workers — engineers, scientists, economists, frontline public servants — lost their jobs. Some received evening emails with immediate end dates. Others discovered their badge access had been revoked. What troubles me most in the year since: the absence of meaningful response from corporate leadership.