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There's what they say and then there's what they do. I'm not convinced that it's going to be as easy as they think to reduce headcount in the government. But

• bdangubic 2y ago
  effectively the only tool at their disposal is RTO and that ain’t gonna work. some folk with low mileage might leave but not in numbers to make any kind of “tangible dent.” people won’t be leaving gov jobs just because they have to go back to the office… where they were most days before C19
  • sickofparadox 2y ago
    RTO and moving the agency across the country is probably a fairly effective way to axe a lot of employees.
    • bdangubic 2y ago
      might be effective for some percentage of govies with 5-ish years in. GS in double-digits won’t be deterred by this move few years away from retirement. of a small sample size of about dozen in this group I am friends with not a single person said “shit, I am out.” gov jobs are too good to abandon. unlike twitter/x where folks that left were likely back to work wherever they wanted to be with same-ish (or better) pay/benefits