I am a Fed that is going to retire and so will 1000's like me

[jmbar2]

4. Eye-opening post! More folks need to get informed about what is going to happen on the ground level

Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of thoughts...

I've been asking a lot of questions using ChatGPT about how these changes might unfold. In short, it will be a lot harder than they think, but they can exhaust the job incumbents in the process and drive them out, as they are with you.

This may be the whole strategy behind their plans to destroy the government and also deport immigrants. Scare people so badly that they comply in advance and quit, or deport themselves. Then they take credit for it.

They are not prepared to deal with the consequences. Those consequences, and their own infighting and incompetence will destroy their movement. At that point, essential government services and functions will need to be rebuilt.

In order to recover quickly, I hope that Feds like you will preserve records, training manuals, job descriptions, SOPs, etc. that can assist in rebuilding better. It will probably not be rebuilt exactly the same, but having good records will speed things up a lot.

Years ago, I was a workforce development specialist in the oil & gas industry. They recognized that they were going to have major generational turnover in the industry and began preserving knowledge and creating training based on that knowledge for the "Great Crew Change".

I think the same thing needs to happen ASAP in government. Please leave breadcrumbs for the next crew who will have to put things back together. This will not last.

Thanks.