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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after being hired.
OPM tells federal agencies to start firing probationary employees
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.
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"We ask that you gather your personal belongings and exit the premises by 3 pm ET as well," an official on the call said.
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