March 4, 2025 - The personnel changes at the FTC follow sweeping terminations across the federal government as part of the Trump administration’s plan to downsize the federal workforce, beginning at the probationary level.

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: FTC layoffs Portal · To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: Hi, I am seeking a list of all terminations between 1/1/2025 and present. If possible, I would prefer data clarify which terminations were reductions in force and which staff were probationary or term-limited.

March 3, 2025 - Probationary staffers at the Federal Trade Commission were terminated last week, amid a broader effort to trim the federal workforce by the Department of Government Efficiency.

February 16, 2024 - Original story: The regulatory battle over Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard isn't over yet. Per the Verge, the FTC has filed a complaint after the Xbox maker laid off 1,900 employees in January.

2 weeks ago - About 300,000 United States federal civil service layoffs have been announced by the second Trump administration, almost all of them attributed to the Department of Government Efficiency.

March 4, 2025 - At least a dozen probationary employees at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were dismissed last week, including antitrust staff.

March 4, 2025 - As reported by The Verge, “at least” a dozen probationary staffers at the Federal Trade Commission were laid off last week. The layoffs affected both the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Bureau of Competition offices.

A. According to the current timelines, ... (date subject to change). In accordance with state law, the District must give formal written notification of intent to layoff to all full-time faculty member(s) by March 15....

February 27, 2025 - Federal Trade Commission: FTC dismissed around a dozen employees on Feb.

April 25, 2025 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission offered employees financial incentives on Friday to leave the agency, though some may be turned down if their departure would hurt the agency's work enforcing consumer protection and antitrust laws, according ...

October 1, 2025 - Federal agencies will begin issuing mass layoffs in the coming days, White House officials said on Wednesday, suggesting the forthcoming cuts would be a direct result of the current government shutdown.

Podcast - FTC Commissioner Dismissals: Background and Implications · On March 18, the Trump administration fired two Democratic appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, leaving the FTC with only two commissioners, Melissa Holyoak and...more

May 15, 2025 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking to trim its headcount by around 10%, its chairman told Congress on Thursday, insisting the agency will be able to continue antitrust and consumer protection work with what would be its smallest staff ...

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February 8, 2024 - “This newly-revealed information contradicts Microsoft’s representations in this proceeding,” the FTC lawyer wrote. Microsoft announced on Jan. 15 that it was laying off 1,900 workers from its gaming division — around 8% of that part of the company. A large portion of those layoffs were at the newly acquired Activision Blizzard.

April 20, 2023 - To get approval from the FTC they said they'd let the company run on its own like an independent company and not merge them in woth Microsoft as a whole. The layoffs showed that was a lie since they're laying off people who would only be redundant if merged with Microsoft.

February 7, 2024 - But the planned layoff of nearly 2,000 employees, announced just three months after the completion of the Activision-Blizzard deal, has the FTC calling foul: In a letter to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (via The Verge), the FTC said the ...

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The Federal Trade Commission is cutting staff by about 15 percent and probably won’t have a full slate of commissioners for several months, depending on the outcome of litigation by fired commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.