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200,000 probationary federal employees fired
Citizen Watch Report ^ | Michael

Posted on 02/14/2025 3:43:22 AM PST by davikkm

The Trump administration has directed federal agencies to fire most trial period and probationary staff within two days. This decision targets many of the roughly 200,000 people hired by the federal government within the last two years.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has advised agencies to dismiss employees who are still within their probationary period, typically one or two years. This directive affects 200,000 probationary employees. Additionally, about 75,000 federal employees have accepted buyouts. In total, 275,000 federal employees are impacted by these measures.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: adiosmofos; blogpimp; employees; federal; labor; trump; yourefired
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To: equaviator

Greenland. Ice pick and shovel-ready jobs for Americans!

Since most of the ice-free land in Greenland is rock, shovels will have little use.


21 posted on 02/14/2025 5:57:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Yes,
I do not think, we will be missing any of them.
They were all hired in the last year of Biden’s residency.


22 posted on 02/14/2025 6:03:53 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: FlyingEagle

AGREE!!! Cancel every damned one. Most of them are Retired O-6s, GOs, GS-15s AND SESs.

The bastards retire, sit out a year and come back as a consultant AND the STUPID government employees listen to every word they say. This is the worst example of influence peddling I have ever seen.


23 posted on 02/14/2025 6:19:59 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Good start.

You are aware many of these affected by the blanket reduction are new college grads, a demographic trending MAGA, right? So the blanket reductions will end up turning them and their spouses, friends, parents, and siblings AGAINST the MAGA movement for the long term.

24 posted on 02/14/2025 6:38:28 AM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

They can learn to pick fruits and vegetables


25 posted on 02/14/2025 6:57:22 AM PST by Craftmore
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Wrong. The best and the brightest will get jobs in the private sector and help grow the economy.


26 posted on 02/14/2025 7:22:49 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: davikkm

Good. Maybe some day they will realize we did them a favor.


27 posted on 02/14/2025 7:24:22 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Making an omelet requires breaking eggs.


28 posted on 02/14/2025 8:04:38 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Recompennation

I believe that they have been reassigned to assist the Border Patrol agents.

Winning! )))


29 posted on 02/14/2025 1:49:14 PM PST by T. Rustin Noone
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To: davikkm

Dems aren’t even arguing that these gubmint jobs are critical to the operation of the gubmint.

Dems are hanging with the unions.

For those folk the purpose of the gubmint is to provide “featherbed” jobs to borrow a term from a half century ago.


30 posted on 02/14/2025 1:54:53 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: davikkm

Gateway Pundit has it up:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4297669/posts


31 posted on 02/14/2025 2:23:52 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: silverleaf

Still its sad for people who really did enjoy their jobs and looked forward to careers.
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Yes, it is very sad, and experienced in the private sector probably by thousands of people every month.


32 posted on 02/14/2025 2:25:32 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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To: Fresh Wind

. . . overly protected by civil service rules . . .
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Not certain, but I don’t think civil service rules as such can prevent RIF decisions based on legitimate decreases in personnel levels.


33 posted on 02/14/2025 2:31:54 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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To: OHPatriot

The bastards retire, sit out a year and come back as a consultant AND the STUPID government employees listen to every word they say. This is the worst example of influence peddling I have ever seen.
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BINGO!


34 posted on 02/14/2025 2:33:55 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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To: Craftmore

They can learn to pick fruits and vegetables
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Aw man that is COLD, but I agree!


35 posted on 02/14/2025 2:36:31 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Correct.

The Clinton administration were the masters at beclowning the federal employee unions.

Their approach was not RIFs.

They would “reorganize” departments like a game of musical chairs.

They abolished everybody’s job in the reorganization.

Then managers and employees could apply for the much smaller number of chairs.

If you did not land in a chair you were gone.

There was nothing the union could do about it.

One purpose of the exercise was to get rid of white males.


36 posted on 02/14/2025 2:37:51 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Most of the Biden era new hires were DEI.


37 posted on 02/14/2025 2:39:41 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat
Not certain, but I don’t think civil service rules as such can prevent RIF decisions based on legitimate decreases in personnel levels.

You are correct. But a termination as a part of a RIF (Reduction in Force) is not the same thing as a termination for poor performance. A RIF will unfortunately eliminate the good employees along with the losers. Getting rid of a bad employee is much more difficult as it necessarily requires evidence and documentation, and it almost never happens to those who are minorities.

38 posted on 02/14/2025 3:15:38 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: Fresh Wind

You are correct. But a termination as a part of a RIF (Reduction in Force) is not the same thing as a termination for poor performance. A RIF will unfortunately eliminate the good employees along with the losers. Getting rid of a bad employee is much more difficult as it necessarily requires evidence and documentation, and it almost never happens to those who are minorities.
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Thank you for posting this. I always appreciate replies that provide clarification of the subject under discussion.


39 posted on 02/14/2025 6:05:15 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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