“The upheaval at the #US government's #Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, took another twist on Tuesday, as it moved to reinstate staffers it had #fired over the past few weeks - specifically those still in their probationary period - though they've been benched on paid leave for now.

Last week, a senior penetration tester at CISA claimed his 100-plus-strong #RedTeam as well as its support workers were dismissed after Elon #Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming #DOGE unit pulled the plug on a federal government contract; a second #CISA red team was also said to have been cut soon after.

The cyber-agency quickly confirmed it had indeed dumped a number of workers, and said its remaining red teams will continue to operate as usual.”

The sacking of #tech workers continues.

#TheRegister / #efficiency / #WhiteCollar / #sackings <https://theregister.com/2025/03/18/cisa_rehired_doge/>

“Two #BayArea #tech giants announce huge layoffs at almost exact same moment: #SanFrancisco design #software company #Autodesk is slashing about 1,350 workers, while #PaloAlto mainstay #HP is expanding its ongoing cuts by up to 2,000 people”

“…the executive joins a trend of shedding staff to reallocate resources toward #AI”

Late with this article, still think this isn’t a co-ordinated program?

#SFGate / #WhiteCollar / #Layoffs / #Sackings / #HP / #AutoDesk <https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/autodesk-hp-layoffs-same-time-20192995.php>