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Chris Arnold

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Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Well, the judge in the San Francisco case said immediately. Berkovich is saying, don't count on this. The government's been dragging its feet with some of these orders. She's telling workers, look, if you're looking for another job or trying some kind of appeal, just keep doing that.

Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Well, the judge in the San Francisco case said immediately. Berkovich is saying, don't count on this. The government's been dragging its feet with some of these orders. She's telling workers, look, if you're looking for another job or trying some kind of appeal, just keep doing that.

Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Well, the judge in the San Francisco case said immediately. Berkovich is saying, don't count on this. The government's been dragging its feet with some of these orders. She's telling workers, look, if you're looking for another job or trying some kind of appeal, just keep doing that.

Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Thanks, Layla.

Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Thanks, Layla.

Up First from NPR
Congress Budget Vote, Trump Speaks At DOJ, Federal Workers Reinstated

Thanks, Layla.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Hey, Sue.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Hey, Sue.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Hey, Sue.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Yeah, right. A lot of these workers who've been fired are what are called probationary workers. And that can sound at first like, oh, well, maybe they got hired six months ago, so maybe it's not that big a deal. But in many cases, it's not that. You could have worked someplace for five, six, seven, ten years, and then you get a promotion and you're in a new job because you were doing a good job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Yeah, right. A lot of these workers who've been fired are what are called probationary workers. And that can sound at first like, oh, well, maybe they got hired six months ago, so maybe it's not that big a deal. But in many cases, it's not that. You could have worked someplace for five, six, seven, ten years, and then you get a promotion and you're in a new job because you were doing a good job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

Yeah, right. A lot of these workers who've been fired are what are called probationary workers. And that can sound at first like, oh, well, maybe they got hired six months ago, so maybe it's not that big a deal. But in many cases, it's not that. You could have worked someplace for five, six, seven, ten years, and then you get a promotion and you're in a new job because you were doing a good job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

You're a good worker. And now you're in a probationary period in that new job. So these folks were in that category. And I talked to Eileen and James Kramer, and they worked at a national park in Alaska. It's called Lake Clark National Park. These guys have both gotten promotions recently. Everything seemed good. And then they get these letters saying, you know what, you're doing a lousy job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

You're a good worker. And now you're in a probationary period in that new job. So these folks were in that category. And I talked to Eileen and James Kramer, and they worked at a national park in Alaska. It's called Lake Clark National Park. These guys have both gotten promotions recently. Everything seemed good. And then they get these letters saying, you know what, you're doing a lousy job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

You're a good worker. And now you're in a probationary period in that new job. So these folks were in that category. And I talked to Eileen and James Kramer, and they worked at a national park in Alaska. It's called Lake Clark National Park. These guys have both gotten promotions recently. Everything seemed good. And then they get these letters saying, you know what, you're doing a lousy job.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

And so you're fired today. No details, no reason. And it just looked like a formally letter with their names filled in. And here's Eileen and James.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

And so you're fired today. No details, no reason. And it just looked like a formally letter with their names filled in. And here's Eileen and James.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

And so you're fired today. No details, no reason. And it just looked like a formally letter with their names filled in. And here's Eileen and James.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

I mean, that's what's happening right now. I mean, there are lawyers just gathering these up, you know, and being like, here's the letter. It's the same as the other thousand letters. And when you actually look at the personnel file, you know, this person got this commendation and, you know, and also they're talking and it turns out their own supervisor was like, I don't want to fire this person.

The NPR Politics Podcast
How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Federal Workers

I mean, that's what's happening right now. I mean, there are lawyers just gathering these up, you know, and being like, here's the letter. It's the same as the other thousand letters. And when you actually look at the personnel file, you know, this person got this commendation and, you know, and also they're talking and it turns out their own supervisor was like, I don't want to fire this person.