Shortly after his second inauguration, President Trump has enacted sweeping changes aimed at federal employees, inciting fear and confusion within government ranks. He employs the politics of revenge to reshape administrations that he believes hindered his previous policy plans. The re-implementation of measures like "Schedule Policy/Career" transforms federal workers into at-will employees and eliminates protections for Senior Executive Service members. This sweeping approach has drawn scorn from labor organizations, reflecting broad concerns over worker rights and administrative accountability as morale among federal employees plummets.
I'm mad, said Jeremy Wood, a Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and one of many feds awaiting termination after being put on paid leave. He's proud of his good performance reviews, so this feels like a punch to the gut, he said, and morale now is in the dumpster.
Trump's order bashing civil service protections by turning a broadly defined group of federal workers into at-will employees, allowing them to be fired without the same appeal rights as other feds.
Two years ago, when Trump vaguely foreshadowed his intentions by declaring for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution, no one knew how deep into the workforce that would go.
His administration argues the broad executive orders are needed to bring more accountability and efficiency to government.
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