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Wiz Imp

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19. Nobody said SSA is cutting 87% of their employees

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 08:41 PM

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They have around 60,000 employees nationwide. The 87% number comes from this:

According to Wired, SSA regional staff would be cut by 87%:

Today, the agency has 547 employees working in the nearly dozen regional offices (previously, the number was closer to 700, but many people have retired, a current employee with knowledge of the staffing numbers says). After the cuts, the number is expected to be closer to 70.

That's a cut of less 500 out of 60,000 or less than one percent.

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