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Life as a federal worker is a roller coaster ride, park ranger says

Fed Workers Uncertainty

This file photo shows an entrance to the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.  

Marinell Chandler is back at work with the National Park Service in Alaska after being laid off in February, offered a university job in March, given a chance to return as a seasonal employee and then getting rehired full time as a result of a federal court order.

Yet the emotional roller coaster the 33-year-old park ranger has been riding for two months over a job she has cherished for a decade still hasn’t come to a secure halt. A cloud hangs over her job after a Supreme Court ruling this month effectively opened the door to being laid off again. The high court paused a federal judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired probationary employees at six federal agencies, including the Interior Department, which runs the Park Service.





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