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Jay Gulledge lost his job in 2025 after USAID was dismantled.
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A year on, Gulledge has found a director-level job that he finds meaningful.
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However, Gulledge said he feels survivor’s guilt as former colleagues remain unemployed.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jay Gulledge, 59, who is based in Tennessee. The termination of his employment at USAID and current employment have been verified by Business Insider.
When the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development last year, I was one of the thousands of employees who lost their jobs. I was 58 at the time.
A year on from being laid off, I’m happy with how things have turned out for me: I work for an exceptional organization with great colleagues.
But, every so often, when I talk to a former…
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