Amanda Scales
Amanda Scales is an American businesswoman who is currently serving as the chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Early life
[edit]Scales attended the University of California, Davis.[1] During college, she interned for the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, while also teleworking for an internet startup based in Davis, CA.[2][3] She joined the honors program at the College of Letters and Sciences in 2012.[4]
Career
[edit]Scales held talent acquisition positions at tech companies, including Uber, before joining xAI, an Elon Musk company.[5]
In January 2025, Scales was appointed to be chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.[6] She was reportedly installed to carry out U.S. president Donald Trump and Musk's directives to purge large numbers of staff from the federal government; agencies were directed to send lists of potentially fireable employees directly to her.[7] Scales is one of only a few people with the authority to create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Anonymous (July 10, 2018). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
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- ^ Anonymous (July 10, 2018). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ Anonymous (December 30, 2022). "Honors, Awards, and Achievements | Psychology". psychology.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
- ^ Elliott, Vittoria (February 2, 2025). "The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover". Wired. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Alms, Natalie (January 27, 2025). "Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE". Nextgov.com. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Rozen, Courtney (January 21, 2015). "Trump HR Office Seeks List of Easy-to-Fire Federal Workers". Bloomberg Law.
- ^ Katz, Eric (January 22, 2025). "Broad exemptions to Trump's federal hiring freeze begin to take shape". Government Executive. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
