There are about 3 million federal employees, and POLITICO wants you to know that they are living in a state of terror.
I’m pretty sure that doesn’t apply to all of them, and to the extent that it is true for any, they should, for both their sake and ours, leave as soon as humanly possible.
‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies https://t.co/vNOuaGmiRL
— POLITICO (@politico) January 25, 2025
I would never prejudge any particular person’s abilities or productivity merely on the basis of being a federal employee. No doubt, many are hardworking, loyal, and good people. But they are in a bad system that is unproductive, filled with poor performers, has no internal incentives to improve, and encourages laziness and even resistance to direction from above.
These federal employees are so so terrified of the new Trump…
