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Public commenter tells Oversight Committee Democrats that probationary firing and hiring freeze harmed family and agency work
Summary
A public commenter told the Oversight Committee Democrats that a hiring freeze led to understaffing and that they were fired during a probationary period by email, causing personal financial hardship and disrupting program innovation; they urged attention to long-term mission risks.
A public commenter told the Oversight Committee Democrats that a hiring freeze and subsequent personnel cuts left their program office understaffed, and that three days after finishing a major project they were fired during a probationary period by an early-afternoon email.
The commenter, who identified themselves only as a federal employee-turned-public commenter, said they had ‘‘started my role in December as a management program analyst’’ and quickly took on multiple senior responsibilities after leadership asked them to serve as acting executive officer and perform chief-of-staff duties because the office could…
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