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How Trump's NIH layoffs upending one probationary staffer's life: "We are important and we do important work"

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79% Informative

Probationary workers usually have less than one year experience, and in some cases less than two years .

They have fewer protections from layoffs, making them easier to terminate.

So far, about 2,000 probationary workers at NIH have lost their jobs.

CBS News Data Team found that at the Veterans Health Administration , 30% of the staff are probationary.

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83

Informative language

83

Neutral language

79

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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