Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more

The OPM framed the severance offer from President Trump and his administration as "administrative leave with pay and benefits."

Employees’ physical and IT system access was deactivated at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. On-site staff were also asked to quickly exit the Office of Personnel Management’s premises.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.

The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads to begin firing newly hired federal employees who are on their probationary period, Scripps News has learned.