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On 4/5/25 9:08 PM, Rich wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>>    As for the govt drones (half of which seem to be
>>    'probationary' employees yet getting all the perks)
> 
> Do note that in the US federal govt, the meaning of a "probationary
> employee" is very different from the normal private sector usage (it is
> unfortunate the statue writers chose 'probationary' for their word, but
> here we are).


   Well ... HERE WE ARE .......

   Politics is about *appearances* more than any
   realities.

   If I hear "probationary" I think some Gen-Z/A2
   dink kinda part-time drones who don't deserve
   any consideration.

> It simply means they have been on the job for less than one year, and
> what is different for 'probationary' employess is they don't have all
> of the usual protections from arbitrary and capricious firings as those
> who have been on the job for more than one year.  The purpose is to
> give the govt a one year window to see if the employee actually can do
> the job, and allow an easier time of laying them off if it turns out
> they can't do the job.

   Um, WHY so many <1yr people ??? Sounds like a Joe
   initiative to reinforce the bureaucracy/deep-state.

   So, FIRE them all !

>>    well, big/deep state is a POWER BASE and TAPPABLE
>>    CASH FLOW for some of the people who are REALLY in
>>    charge, so they DO freak about that kind of stuff.
> 
> The federal employees never were the "deep state".

   Oh, please !!!

   If not 'part', then 'pawns'.

   It's ENDING, rather rudely.

>  If indeed there
> ever was a "deep state" it was the political appointed cabinet heads.
> The employees just do what they are told by their managers, within the
> bounds of whatever laws congress enacted that created their given
> areas.  If a deep state exists, it is the political appointees who are
> part of it, not the day to day employees that just keep things running
> day to day.
>