Fired Federal Worker at CFPB: The Email Firing Me Just Indicated ‘To Employee, First Name Last Name’

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FASANO: "So, I was an enforcement attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. So, we would enforce consumer laws. We would prevent financial companies from taking advantage of ordinary Americans. And I found out that I was fired last Tuesday. I received an email at around 8:30 at night to my personal email. That email went out to about 70 of my colleagues, and it said that I was — my performance was not up to standards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But it was the same email that everyone else got. In fact, it didn’t have my name in it. It was a — it just said 'To employee, first name, last name.'"