When Sam Peterson got the call, it was already too late.
The National Park Service was offering to give him his job back, but he'd taken a job in Oregon and three days earlier signed a lease on an apartment.
He needed to follow through on the commitment.
"We have bills," Peterson said, "and a dog."
Peterson, 26, had just started as a federal employee in June 2024 and was still in probationary stat...
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