{"id":23648,"date":"2025-07-20T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23648\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:25:14","slug":"photos-hundreds-of-hhs-employees-wait-in-a-line-stretching-around-the-building-to-find-out-if-their-job-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23648\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Hundreds of HHS employees wait in a line stretching around the building to find out if their job is gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a biting spring wind whipped around them, staffers waited for as long as an hour outside the health department\u2019s Washington offices to get scanned into the building.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 10,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs Tuesday and some are finding out as they try to enter the building that they no longer have jobs. Laid off staffers are being asked to immediately turn in their badges and cellphones at the door.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/layoffs-begin-at-hhs-agencies-responsible-for-research-tracking-disease-and-regulating-food\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Layoffs begin at HHS agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One staffer waiting in line loudly joked: \u201cIs this an April Fool\u2019s joke?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-04-01T131949Z_962131094_RC20PDAOIQRX_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-HEALTH-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Trump administration begins to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-514849\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-514849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of Department of Health and Human Services employees waited in line in the cold on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Lamarque\/ Reuters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-04-01T135314Z_1884426802_RC21PDAESRIS_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-HEALTH-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Trump administration begins to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" class=\"size-large wp-image-514851\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-514851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kevin Lamarque\/ Reuters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-04-01T135251Z_1254394893_RC21PDARZEYR_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-HEALTH-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Trump administration begins to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-514850\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-514850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HHS employee Julie Siegel was denied access to the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building and had her badge taken away on April 1, 2025. Photo by Kevin Lamarque\/ Reuters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-04-01T152911Z_2101267417_RC21PDAI4I5X_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-HEALTH-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Trump administration begins to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-514847\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-514847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HHS employees hug each other as they wait outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building. 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