IRS Cuts Thousands of Workers Via Letters After Email Glitch (1)

Thousands of IRS employees around the country reported to work Thursday prepared for an email announcement that they were being placed on leave.

For many, the email never arrived. Not because they weren’t being terminated — they were — but because of a technical glitch that prevented officials from notifying them via email, according to an agency employee and messages reviewed by Bloomberg News.

The agency has resorted to paper: “All terminated employees, whether they received the email or not, will be receiving a paper copy of the letter via UPS overnight tracked mail,” an internal message said, referring to ...