4 days ago · The Office of Personnel Management previously asked agencies to compile lists of their probationary employees and, in some cases, federal offices warned such individuals they could be imminently ...

5 days ago · The move could impact as many as 200,000 federal employees. A source familiar with OPM said agency leaders have directed agencies to fire all probationary employees “with some exceptions.”

5 days ago · “Agencies are taking independent action in light of the recent hiring freeze and in support of the president’s broader efforts to restructure and streamline the federal government better to serve the American people at the highest possible standard,” the spokesperson said. Probationary periods for federal employees typically last for one ...

Feb 4, 2025 · For one, federal employees partway through a probationary period who transfer to a different agency in many cases can count the partially completed probationary period toward the one-year total. Prior federal service typically counts toward a probationary period, as long as a break in service is shorter than 30 calendar days .

4 days ago · The agency recently fired 73 probationary employees before a new round. According to NPR, close to 100 term employees (those with set-length contracts) were let go as part of a mass layoff initiative.

5 days ago · The total number of probationary employees across the department is over 43,000, but the "vast majority" of the probationary employees "are exempt from today’s personnel actions because they ...

4 days ago · Thousands of federal probationary health workers across agencies including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health are expected to be pushed out ...

11 hours ago · The first wave to go: mostly new workers still in their probationary periods. They are easier for the administration to remove, since they lack robust civil service protections. In terms of numbers, more than 10,000 federal employees across multiple agencies were fired over President’s Day weekend.

Feb 4, 2025 · Federal sources confirm OPM asked agencies to submit their lists and gave them a 200 character limit to explain why the employee should stay in government.

Jan 31, 2025 · Probationary employees are entitled to written notice stating the agency’s reasons for separation and the effective date of the removal from federal service. That said, if you were removed for impermissible purposes (see Q7 below), …