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IRS fires over 6,500 probationary employees nationwide (federalnewsnetwork.com)

submitted 2 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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According to these sources, IRS employees slated for termination were “deemed as not critical” to the ongoing tax filing season. Managers have been told be be “hands-on-deck” in the office Thursday and Friday to help with the offboarding process.

According to the latest data from the Office of Personnel Management, the IRS had more than 15,000 employees with less than a year on the job, as of May 2024. In some cases, however, IRS employees may have probationary periods that exceed one year.

Doreen Greenwald, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, called the layoffs “arbitrary and unlawful,” and said NTEU “will keep fighting until every wrongful termination is reversed.”

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Ah yes, the Xitter school of management, now in a government office near you!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

IRS Chief Human Capital Officer Traci DiMartini, . . . wrote that while the personnel actions will be coded as Termination due to Performance as directed by the Office of Personnel Management, the IRS will “indicate the action was taken due to mass terminations directed by the administration.”

That is not how that works. You can’t get unemployment if you’re fired for performance. These people will be fucked.

[–] Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

I wonder if these people kept a copy of their yearly performance evaluations. You would think it would be easily challenged with just that evidence.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

That's a lot of resources now wasted that were spent on training and onboarding.