By Robin Itzler
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Anyone who has worked in the public sector for more than a few years has probably been laid off for reasons that have nothing to do with their job performance. From the economy, to a division closing, to no longer manufacturing a product or providing a service, decisions are made, and jobs disappear. If you’re fortunate, you walk out the door with a decent severance package.
Many of us have been there, done that—several times during our working career. Which is why watching the over-the-top theatrics of 1,300 (of 80,000+) State department laid off employees makes us roll our eyes. They were crying, sobbing, hysterical, and leaving nasty notes. They can find another job or as the Biden administration once suggestion to laid off workers, they can learn to code!
The federal government can’t even get rid of employees with discipline and/or performance issues. According to the Office of Personnel Management’s website, out of 2,313,216 federal employees in 2024, a paltry 5,988 employees were terminated for discipline or performance reasons. If you don’t have a calculator, that’s about one-quarter of one percent.
Prior to the Trump administration almost no federal employees were ever terminated for discipline or performance reasons.
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