'You're hired': Democratic governors implement initiatives to lure fired federal workers

Federal workers fired by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency may find their professional futures lay in blue states where Democratic governors are rolling out the welcome mat, NBC News reported.

"In light of the thousands of federal job cuts doled out by President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk via the Department of Government Efficiency, a growing number of governors, mostly Democrats, have begun trying to woo those employees to apply for state government jobs. Others have promoted private sector opportunities and other resources available for those who are newly in the job market," wrote reporter Adam Edelman.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) dubbed the effort the "You're Hired" initiative. Her office put together a job board of open New York state positions, NBC reported, and she announced in a video, "The federal government might say, ‘You’re fired,’ but here in New York, we say, ‘You’re hired.' We love federal workers. Whatever your skills, we value public service.”

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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) signed an executive order last week for an "expedited hiring process for qualified federal workers." NBC reported, "The effort aims to provide such candidates who’ve applied for Hawaii jobs with a conditional job offer within two weeks of their application submission."

Other blue states have launched programs "designed to provide them with resources to ease their unemployment," NBC reported.

At least one Republican governor has stepped up, according to the report. Although Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has praised DOGE efforts to cut government waste, he launched a website called the “Federal Worker Resource Bundle,” with information about "applying for unemployment benefits, preparing for a job search, and understanding health care options."

"Come experience those powerful words of 'you are hired,'" Youngkin said at a news conference.

The New Yorker reported that "some 30,000 federal workers have been given notice since Elon Musk’s DOGE began its work in January, of a workforce of 2 million." Musk has said DOGE is aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.

Read the NBC News report here.