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US Department of Veterans Affairs layoffs

We've tracked one US Department of Veterans Affairs layoff, in Mar 2025, affecting 80,000 people. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

80K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

1

Mar 2025 → Mar 2025

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −80,000

    An internal memo set out plans to cut more than 80,000 staff at the department to return to 2019 staffing levels.

    About the figure: A plan, not completed layoffs; the department later said it would shrink mainly through attrition instead of a mass reduction in force.

    Source: CNBC

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