PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginians voted for change in November in all major statewide offices, but 10 On Your Side has learned about how some personnel changes have been handled during the transition and how the abrupt change could impede the commonwealth’s continued progress.
A former employee in the Virginia Attorney General’s Office says they were surprised by an email they received on Friday morning.
They asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.
The email told them their time with the office would end on Saturday at noon, the same time the inauguration started.
The surprise wasn’t about being let go; change is expected with each new administration. The surprise stems from the way it was handled.
The former employee as well as another former employee belonged to a department dealing with programming and outreach.
This included human trafficking and crime prevention programming statewide.
The employees say their abrupt firing didn’t provide them with a chance to brief incoming employees about their positions, as typically done in the past.
Miyares’s administration fired seven people from the roughly 20-person department.
Those 10 On Your Side spoke to say the subject matter they deal with needs to be handled carefully, specifically when dealing with victims of human trafficking.
They say they’re worried about how the victims, whose trust they worked to build, would process their sudden departures and reappointments by strangers they’ve never met.
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