Thousands of federal employees were let go after the past week as part of President Donald Trump's plan to cut spending and downsize the federal government.
On Monday, we spoke with some people impacted from the U.S. Forest Service, but we also have some locals who worked for the U.S. Department of Education that were terminated.
One woman received an email last week with a termination letter, letting her know she no longer had a job.
Chelsea Milburn grew up in Carson City before she served in the Navy for 11 years, nine of those being active duty.
Once she could no longer physically serve, her sights went elsewhere.
"I wanted to continue in the way I could and that was through civil service," Milburn said.
She was able to come back to the State's Capitol, to work remotely as a Public Affairs Specialist for the U.S. Department of Education.
However, this new path was short lived.
"So, I was only there for about three months before I got fired, and I had nothing but positive feedback on my performance, so being terminated in this way was kind of a surprise," Milburn said.
She was one of many probationary employees to be let go from their position since last week.
In January, the United States Office of Personnel Management, OPM, requested that federal agencies compile lists of probationary employees and send them in.
Probationary employees are people who have not worked a year for an agency and can sometimes include longer term employees who recently took a new position.
The agency sent us a statement saying, "OPM has advised agencies to prioritize retaining only the highest-performing probationary employees in mission-critical roles at all agencies. The probationary period is a continuation of the job application process, not an entitlement for permanent employment."
Milburn says that it's less about the policy, but more about the method.
"I think even if you believe passionately that we need bigger form in the government and that we need to downsize, there has to be some consideration on how it's done, the impacts it has on real people," she said.
Milburn says she will be filing for unemployment, to try and deal with the loss of her job.
We reached out to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation.
They said it's too early to tell if unemployment rates are being impacted by these terminations, since the latest data shown is from February 8, which is reflective of claims made starting February 1.
Probationary employees who have not served their time are also, for the most part, not allowed to file appeals with the Merit Systems Protection Board unless they believe they were let go for partisan political reasons or martial status.
So far, we have been unable to get data on exactly how many Nevadans have lost their federal jobs due to this.
