CFPB Tells Employees to Pack Up Offices as Mass Firings Loom (1)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants employees based in its Washington headquarters to come collect their personal belongings—a sign that the agency is confident a federal appeals court will allow the gutting of its workforce.

CFPB employees who used to work out of the agency’s offices at 1700 G Street NW in Washington began receiving an email from the agency’s facilities unit May 22 with those instructions.

The email, obtained by Bloomberg Law, directed employees to a digital sign-up sheet. That sign-up sheet, also reviewed by Bloomberg Law, gave employees the option to collect their belongings on June 3, 4, ...