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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The morons fired every federal employee who was classified as "probationary", in multiple departments. This is all employees with less than 90 days in their current role, but because these idiots don't know anything about anything, they assumed it meant new hires only.

Others have pointed out that the US largely practices "at will" employment (IIRC, only one state doesn't), and that's true, but government workers do tend to have stronger protections than private sector workers. But probationary status is a whole other can of worms.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just a point of clarification: the probationary period of federal employees is much longer than 90 days. For most, it's one year. Some roles are two years.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the correction. I haven't worked in the government, so my knowledge is a bit limited.