03-22-2025, 03:59 PM
As I understand it, and it's probably been said here before but I'll add it for the new people: "Probationary" included persons who had recently been promoted or otherwise moved to a different position but had been government employees already. You could theoretically have had a 30 year work history within the very same department, and just get that step up from Whatever Rank 3 to Whatever Rank 4, as civil service jobs are often structured...and been cut for "performance."