But as a Director or Dep Director, even a fed, would that still warrant civil service protections? Isn’t that for GS level positions? Director types, I believe, are all SES/ES type...all serve at the will of...at least that is how it is at state levels I’m familiar with.
God only knows what the actual rules are, never mind the rules that are reality on the ground.
I can promise you that the civil service will go to the mat trying to protect every handout dime that McCabe makes a claim to, as a defense-in-principle of their own handouts.
Every person who works or has worked for the feds needs a 50% pay cut and 80% benefits cut to be merely on par with the free market. Halve both again, and then twice more, to be on par with their performance.