An Tausende von Mitarbeitern der Bundesregierung wurden Entlassungsmitteilungen verschickt

Awful just awful. Never like to see people lose their jobs, especially at this time.

I just hope they are able to bounce back stronger.

> The government said it’s trying to boost the rate of attrition and avoid cutting younger workers by offering a voluntary program allowing workers to retire earlier without incurring a pension penalty.

This seems like a very artifical way to inflate the employment numbers and seems to save expenses now but increases them later.