Report: Sweeping Cuts Lead to Plunging Morale at VA

A plan to cut staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs by 15% has led to morale falling at the agency, The Washington Post reported.

The cuts would see 83,000 employees laid off, although VA Secretary Doug Collins has pledged that frontline health care workers and claims processors will be spared, the Post said.

Thousands of employees have opted for early retirement, with many saying they took the early retirement believing they’d be laid off anyway, the Post reported.

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