Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

Expecting sympathy, some axed workers find family and friends who instead are steadfast in their support of what they see as a bloated government’s waste.

Some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing.

The abrupt loss of their livelihoods was tough enough. Now many laid-off government workers report their relatives and friends are celebrating their turmoil.

Having suffered the indignity of being capriciously fired by young staffers employed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), some former federal workers are dealing with unsympathetic relatives who support Donald Trump's government employee purge.