A CDC employee said the agency is reeling from deep workforce cuts and βrunning on fumes.β It lost thousands of employees last year, and has hired hundreds.
FILE - A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
After losing civil service protections, some federal employees now in Schedule Policy/Career fear for their job security and retribution for speaking up.