‘It didn’t have to be this way’: Fired HUD probationary employees denied back pay

A probationary worker at the Department of Housing and Urban Development tells WTOP that the agency’s decision to deny back pay to reinstated workers is making what has been a tough situation even tougher.

Speaking to WTOP on the condition that her name not be used, she recalled getting the news that she was being fired last month as demoralizing.

“Even when you see the evidence that there’s tens of thousands of people being fired, it still hurts to see that,” she said. “In my case...