Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.

While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.

President Donald Trump’s budget office has ordered federal agencies to execute shutdown plans after a stopgap funding bill failed in the Senate Tuesday evening. Republicans put forth a bill that was already approved by the House,

The White House budget office directed federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans, warning shutdowns would target programs not required to continue.

Once any potential government shutdown ends, agencies are asked to revise their reduction-in-force plans “as needed to retain the minimal number of employees necessary to carry out statutory functions,” according to the memo, which was first reported by Politico.