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f fired federal workers aren’t already living their worst nightmare, the labor market they’re entering may soon make that their r
eality.Some 75,000 workers accepted the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, and thousands more have been laid off amid the president’s attempts to slash the fed
eral workforce.While most federal agencies have refused to disclose who accepted the offer, workers entering the labor market will likely have a harder time finding “higher productivity” private-sector jobs than the administration and DOGE, unofficially overseen by Elon Musk, may have led them to believe. Many private-sector companies have slowed hiring, particularly for highly educated, white-collar