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For federal career civil servant jobs, yes. It’s because those jobs have (until now/soon of course) protections so they can’t (until now/soon) be easily fired for political reasons every time the party in power changes. That’s why the probation period (when they don’t have those protections yet) exists so that there’s time to evaluate if someone turns out not to be fit for the job, before civil service protection kicks in.
Of course the first thing trump did was decree the “Schedule F” tactic (see Project 2025), which will remove those protections from all federal jobs so anyone can be easily fired, but until that is fully in effect, they’re going ahead with the low-hanging fruit and firing all the people who don’t have the protections–those still on probation, which firings can’t really be legally challenged like “Schedule F”.
I don’t know if these jobs are super rewarding and pay super well but I would not take a job with a 2 year probation period. I guess I’ve had the luxury not to need to.
The thought that anyone would dedicate 2 full years of their lives to a job and could be fired literally for no reason at all seems just cruel to me.
They’re not supposed to be able to be fired for no reason. But now with trump all rules have been discarded since the constitution’s “checks and balances” mechanism has collapsed.
I didn’t go into all the details, but besides the civil service protections, many of these jobs require extensive training to learn the job (some are quite specialized) which is a significant investment. With some entry level positions, it’s not uncommon for people to take a government job, get training and experience and then quit to go to the private sector for more money. This way the govt at least gets a certain return on their investment in training the employee. The incentive to stay for less pay after that is that after a certain number of years, you’re vested meaning you get a pension, not to mention that theoretically you’re doing something worthwhile serving your country instead of a for-profit corporation.
For federal career civil servant jobs, yes. It’s because those jobs have (until now/soon of course) protections so they can’t (until now/soon) be easily fired for political reasons every time the party in power changes. That’s why the probation period (when they don’t have those protections yet) exists so that there’s time to evaluate if someone turns out not to be fit for the job, before civil service protection kicks in.
Of course the first thing trump did was decree the “Schedule F” tactic (see Project 2025), which will remove those protections from all federal jobs so anyone can be easily fired, but until that is fully in effect, they’re going ahead with the low-hanging fruit and firing all the people who don’t have the protections–those still on probation, which firings can’t really be legally challenged like “Schedule F”.
I don’t know if these jobs are super rewarding and pay super well but I would not take a job with a 2 year probation period. I guess I’ve had the luxury not to need to.
The thought that anyone would dedicate 2 full years of their lives to a job and could be fired literally for no reason at all seems just cruel to me.
They’re not supposed to be able to be fired for no reason. But now with trump all rules have been discarded since the constitution’s “checks and balances” mechanism has collapsed.
I didn’t go into all the details, but besides the civil service protections, many of these jobs require extensive training to learn the job (some are quite specialized) which is a significant investment. With some entry level positions, it’s not uncommon for people to take a government job, get training and experience and then quit to go to the private sector for more money. This way the govt at least gets a certain return on their investment in training the employee. The incentive to stay for less pay after that is that after a certain number of years, you’re vested meaning you get a pension, not to mention that theoretically you’re doing something worthwhile serving your country instead of a for-profit corporation.
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