The U.S. government's chaotic downsizing: the Small Business Administration withdrew dismissal letters one day and then laid off employees the next day

According to US media reports on February 12th, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) of the Trump administration informed probationary employees that it mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were ultimately terminated. An email stated, 'Probationary employees of the SBA may have received an unsigned termination notice. Please note that this draft letter was mistakenly sent and is currently not effective. If you received the initial notice, your employment relationship has not been terminated.' However, on Tuesday, some probationary employees (usually employed for less than a year) received a new message informing them that they were actually terminated. 'During this probationary period, we have determined that continuing to employ you will not improve service efficiency because you have not proven yourself suitable to continue working in the federal government,' the email sent on Tuesday said. This back-and-forth reflects the confusion and confusion of Trump's reform of the federal workforce.