How about firing about 25% of them and closing some departments. That is a better start
When you dig into the boilerplate, you’ll learn that it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to fire a Federal employee.
Can’t do that. Let them retire or even take early retirement and you’ve avoided the SEIU and will actually be able to make a difference.
She knows what she’s doing. I had some nvolvement with HP, which was like the federal government, very paternalistic and never fired anybody.
The reason people hated her was that she was hired to cut out the waste (about 25% of the employees) and then was thrown to the dogs when the employees complained. However, she left the company strong and able to hold its own.
I think she’s probably been seeking less drastic ways of doing this, and because most civil service employees are probably already close to retirement, this would be a good solution.
You can do that in private business - you can't do that in government. A president cannot close a department established by law - Congress has to do that. And civil service protections make it very difficult to get rid of federal workers.