Originally Posted by
tmckay2
I work in federal government. There's waste for sure, in my department not as much as you might think. But some, and it's definitely impossoble to fire trash employees. I support the idea of DOGE in general and don't mind the emails and whatever, but the way it's all been handled is pretty amateurish. For one, they don't even notify secretaries of the various federal departments that emails are coming, so nobody has any clue once they show up. Second, they're written very unprofessionally which makes it almost seem fake or spam. Lastly, they're just trying to purge a bunch of the government. In my anecdotal experience, you can lean it out but you need to be very specific about who you fire. My group could absorb a 20% reduction no problem if you cut the correct 3-4 people. Leave any of those and cut someone else and we will be buried. It's easy too, look at performance records and their internet surf history and boom you are good to go. Do it on seniority only and we will be absolutely crippled.
I also don't think making government employees the enemy and thst they're all lazy trash is the wrong way to go. I've worked in both sectors and some of my colleagues are the best abd brightest I've worked with.
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