The Department of Transportation sent letters to probationary employees stating the reason for their termination as poor performance, even though most were rated as exceptional performers. Agencies are being directed by inexperienced individuals to quickly terminate probationary employees, creating confusion and chaos within the federal workforce. The Trump administration is seeking to cut up to 10% of the federal workforce, resulting in mass firings that are often disorganized. The Office of Personnel Management has instructed agencies to let go of probationary employees, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. The dismissal of probationary employees is legally permissible if they fail to demonstrate qualifications for continued employment, as per federal regulations. The haphazard nature of these mass firings has led to errors like termination letters with placeholder text and difficulties in reinstating mistakenly fired employees due to lack of contact information. The White House claims that 75,000 employees have accepted deferred resignation offers, but this figure cannot be independently verified. Federal judges have intervened to halt some of the administration’s actions, but a federal judge allowed the deferred resignation program to continue. President Trump defended his administration’s actions by quoting a phrase attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
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