DOGE Accounts For Nearly Half Of All 2025 Layoffs, Report Finds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In the executive order creating the agency, Trump said its goal was to "modernize federal technology and software to maximize efficiency and productivity."
49% : Nearly another 7,000 were as a result of "DOGE downstream impact," which Challenger said largely impacted non-profits and education organizations.
46% : The report found the government has had the most cuts of any sector this year -- though government cuts slowed notably last month -- and the Department of Government Efficiency is responsible for nearly half of all layoffs to date.
39% : Musk -- who the White House said was overseeing DOGE but was not the official administrator -- quickly got to work significantly reducing the workforce and working to cut government spending.
19% : The electric vehicle company headed by Musk reported its worst quarterly profit in years earlier this month, and analysts predicted if Musk opted to stay with the White House and continue working for Trump "it could change the future of Tesla" as "brand damage will grow."

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