Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Feb. 15, 2025, 12:22 PM EST


WASHINGTON — National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but they struggled to find them because they didn't have their new contact information.

In an email sent to employees at NNSA and obtained by NBC News, officials wrote, “The termination letters for some NNSA probationary employees are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel.”

The individuals the letter refers to had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts. NNSA, which is within the Department of Energy and oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, cannot reach these employees directly and is now asking recipients of the email, “Please work with your supervisors to send this information (once you get it) to people’s personal contact emails.” The Department of Energy did not immediately respond to an NBC News request for comment.

President Donald Trump's administration has acted with unprecedented speed — and in some cases, questionable legality — in seeking to cut large portions of the federal government, laying off staff and ending contracts. But that speed has resulted in complications, including firing people agencies actually want to keep.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-nuclear-safety-workers-cant-figure-rcna192345

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Fixed.

President Donald Trump's administration has acted with unprecedented speed — and in some ALL cases, questionable WITH NO legality

[Karasu]

1. Too. Fucking. Stupid. To. Govern.

This is as good a reason as any other they've given for them to be deposed.

We need actual qualifications for our elected officials and we need them yesterday.

[LiberalLoner]

9. Much more frightening than mere incompetence.

DH works for NNSA.

If you knew what we know, you would be terrified to your core.

[Karasu]

15. I don't doubt it, but the "Oops, we fucked up, let's just rehire them and act like nothing happened" bit absolutely

reeks of stupidity.

[LiberalLoner]

16. It is a comforting story to think it is due to stupidity or ignorance.

The truth is much darker.

[UpInArms]

2. No one could have foreseen this trouble

Cut off their access to their only known contact information and then … oops!

We don’t know how to contact the ones we silenced …

Real clowns have better sense.

[appmanga]

3. Maybe a few of them are in some darkened restaurants...

...meeting with a Russian "diplomat".

[sheshe2]

4. First, I love your fix.

Second, why are there no records on these employees? No phone numbers, no address and no email? Nothing!

Did 'Leon' and his under aged hackers erase their entire existence?

[Brother Buzz]

10. Their National Nuclear Security Administration email account worked fine for official communication

That is, until they were shown the door and the email account was automatically shut down.

[Attilatheblond]

12. Hold on... don't they have addresses for W-2s ?

Or are Elon's juvenile delinquents so drugged out or naive that they think they are playing video games that they really can't find any information once they have deleted other 'players'?

Guess 'big balls' doesn't guarantee big intellect?

[raccoon]

5. I believe most of them couldn't find their behind with two hands

And a map.

[rampartd]

6. IF they found me it might take a considerable raise, and a bonus , to get me back.

[C0RI0LANUS]

7. The Dotard in Chief is mentally ill. His minions must be similarly unwell to blindly follow his ukases.

[IronLionZion]

8. The meritocracy of stable geniuses are creating so many jobs

lowering the price of eggs, and making America great again. They are really shaking things up. Nuclear safety workers are fraud, waste, and abuse. The wealthiest man in the world is fighting hard for you, the taxpayer.

[Bengus81]

11. Just use their SS card numbers that Eloon stole,do some checking and call them

at home you dipshit. BTW....tell Mango Mussolini you want a 50% pay raise.

[Old Crank]

20. Probably dumped all their information also.

And the the bosses who did the firing fired the administrators first so they can't get that information.

[moniss]

13. I would like to see the workers tell

Edolph to kiss their backside and make Crumb The 1st and "Hangover" Hegseth beg them to come back.

[Hugin]

14. Oh, the Trump Administration reached them loud and clear.

Those people are smart enough to be deciding if they WANT to come back while the circus is in town.

[madville]

17. This story doesn't make any sense

I was a federal employee for years, my department had all my personal information in our HR/pay system, home address, personal cell number, personal email, emergency contacts, etc.

It’s also all on all their security clearance questionnaires.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I was also a federal employee (30+ years before retiring)

and yes there should be an electronic personnel file (eOPF under OPM) and other info in payroll/timekeeping systems.

BUT if you have a bunch of lunatic Musk tech bro hackers who decided to forcibly wrest control of OPM's (and other agencies') systems and then "lock out access" to those systems except for designated people, where the lackeys in other agencies had no clue about how to get to after laying off any admin personnel, then YES there is a damn problem.

These are NOT normal times. It's the Keystone Kops operation.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Incredibly stupid and incredibly dangerous. This alone warrants impeachment. May we survive this insanity. nt

[Ray Bruns]

21. If I was one of those employees, they could reach me at 1-800-Go fuck yourself.