Federal workers who were fired then rehired describe uncertainty over jobs, confusing transition: "What a mess" [View all]
Source: CBS News
April 3, 2025 / 3:36 PM EDT
It has been three weeks since courts ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers it terminated in a flurry of mass cuts across the federal government. Many of the workers — already off-boarded, locked out of their offices and disconnected from emails when the rulings came down — have yet to return to their jobs.
While they wait to learn their fate, many probationary employees appear to have been left in the dark, with some saying they face daily uncertainty made worse by limited and confusing communications about their benefits and positions. Others have found new employment and are moving on from the civil service, after career whiplash under Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
"I'm hoping I get my job back, but it doesn't seem that way," said one probationary worker who was fired from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and rehired because of a court mandate.
The employee, who asked not to be named while his job status remained in flux, said he worries for his future and his family's financial stability, as lawsuits that could decide his long-term employment continue to unfold. Originally dismissed in February while approaching the halfway point of a two-year work probation, he received his termination letter on the same day he was scheduled to start paid parental leave for the birth of his second child.
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