As Elon Musk’s team has thrown thousands of federal employees unexpectedly on the job market, governors and mayors see an unprecedented chance to bolster their ranks.

Under the direction of DOGE, federal employees have been told, “The party’s over.” But some insist the downsizing will have disastrous results.

A month after Elon Musk began directing federal employees to email a list of five of their accomplishments from the previous week, technical issues have hit the process.

On "Forbes Newsroom," Allison Shrivastava, Associate Economist with the Indeed Hiring Lab, discussed the impact of DOGE cuts on the workforce, where the U.S. job market currently stands, and where there is actual growth in the labor market that now-unemployed former federal workers might turn.

President Trump’s senior adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk, along with seven Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers, defended the number of federal government employees the

As hurricane and tornado seasons ramp up, DOGE cuts have reached the federal agency that tracks extreme weather.

At least 24,000 probationary workers have been terminated since Trump took office, according to a lawsuit filed by nearly 20 states alleging the mass firings are illegal. Last week, two federal judges ordered 19 federal agencies to reinstate probationary workers who were fired.

A study by the job posting and career advisory website says job applications by government workers spiked 70 percent in February, flooding the labor market with skilled and specialized candidates just as hiring slows.

DOGE's cost-cutting push has spurred a surge in job searches by federal workers at agencies that are under the microscope, a report by the Indeed Hiring Lab found.