""Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed," said Chad Becker, a former GSA real estate official. "They didn't have the people they needed to carry out basic functions." Becker, who represents owners with government leases at Arco Real Estate Solutions, said GSA has been in a "triage mode" for months. He said the sudden reversal of the downsizing reflects how Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency had gone too far, too fast."
"GSA was established in the 1940s to centralize the acquisition and management of thousands of federal workplaces. Its return to work request mirrors rehiring efforts at in several agencies targeted by DOGE. Last month, the IRS said it would allow some employees who took a resignation offer to remain on the job. The Labor Department has also brought back some employees who took buyouts, while the National Park Service earlier reinstated a number of purged employees."
"Critical to the work of such agencies is the GSA, which manages many of the buildings. Starting in March, thousands of GSA employees left the agency as part of programs that encouraged them to resign or take early retirement. Hundreds of others - those subject to the recall notice - were dismissed as part of an aggressive push to reduce the size of the federal"
The General Services Administration has told hundreds dismissed during an aggressive cost-cutting blitz led by Elon Musk to accept or decline reinstatement by the end of the week. Recalled employees who agree must return on Oct. 6 after about seven months on paid leave, during which the agency sometimes paid to maintain dozens of leased properties set for termination or allowed to expire. Former GSA officials describe the agency as broken, understaffed and operating in "triage mode." Several other federal agencies have similarly reversed separations and reinstated staff after aggressive downsizing.
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