Across Agencies, Probationary Employees Face Different Fates

Across agencies, probationary employees face different fates

After probationary employees received court-ordered notices that their firings earlier this year were part of a mass termination, the employees are now seeing different outcomes from their agencies — with some feds being returned to work, and many others getting re-fired. Most probationary employees have by now received notice from their agency telling them their terminations had nothing to do with their performance. The Trump administration is …

Trump’s mass layoff threat drives US government workers to resign - West Hawaii Today

Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threats to fire them, say unions, governance experts and the employees themselves.

Trump’s mass layoff threat drives US government workers to resign - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threats to fire them, say unions, governance experts and the employees themselves.

‘You’re Fired!’ The Art of ‘Slicing People Off at the Knees’

Martin Kopta, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost We’re cutting down government.  We’re cutting down the size of government. We have to. We’re bloated. We’re sloppy. We have a lot of people that aren’t doing their job. We have a lot of people that don’t exist.  – Donald Trump Feb. 26, 2025 Donald Trump appeared on The Apprentice, a reality-competition show, with a pr…

Threats of mass Doge layoffs drive US government workers to resign

Unions angry over perceived harassment and forced resignations as many leave jobs in fear of being fired

Trump’s Layoff Threats Push 12% Of Federal Workers To Resign

Trump-era threats push nearly 12% of federal workers to quit due to fear and pressure.