It seems like layoffs are underway for probationary employees.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
From looking at some posts on Bluesky, some people at NOAA are expecting a notice of being fired. From some earlier articles, staff cuts at NOAA might be 50% with budget cuts of 30%. If anything like that happened, we would be unsafe. It's that simple.