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Eric Katz, Senior Correspondent, Government Executive, February 13, 2025
"Thousands of employees were already let go as of Thursday, a number that is expected to skyrocket in the coming days."
"The Office of Personnel Management has instructed agencies across government to terminate employees in their probationary periods—typically those who were hired into government for within the last one or two years, depending on their hiring mechanism—while allowing for limited exceptions, according to a source familiar with the directive. OPM previously asked agencies to compile lists of their probationary period employees and in some cases federal offices sent warnings that firings may be imminent."