𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣/𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦!

From the editor:  The comment below was made  on the article about D.O.G.E. firings, but it's insightful enough for a stand-alone article. 

"Many years ago I worked for a state agency that put in place a reduction in force.

As an administrator I was trained in how to do it in a way that would maintain the dignity of the employee and provide them with various resources as they began their search for new work. We did it this way because the laid-off employees were all meeting job requirements (it was last hired first fired, providing they were meeting standards) and had contributed to the Agency's goals. 

It was also done this way to help insure the safety of staff by reducing the possibility that a disgruntled employee would return to the workplace with violence on their mind. This was not long after the term "going postal" had been coined. 

The way this stuff is currently being done by Trump, Musk and their ilk it may very well generate a violent reaction from an ex-employee who can no longer make their rent or car payment or feed their children, especially if they voted for Trump and feel betrayed on top of the humiliation of the job loss. 

I don't know if it continues to be true but at one time people considered a job lose to be one of the top five lifetime stressors, up there with death and divorce. If I was a continuing employee in one of the impacted agencies, I would have an escape plan just in case."