A big RIF will do wonders for that attitude.
“A big RIF will do wonders for that attitude.”
I think people massively underestimate how workers will react when seeing a RIF in store.
The EPA people can chest-thump non-stop, thinking that their civil service jobs are untouchable by Trump...but of course they’re not. Congress sets the budget, and the Republicans there can do as they wish through reconciliation - the Dems don’t even get to veto anything. And there are a lot of Republicans on Trump’s side on this. Also, Trump can re-prioritize to some extent, even without action by Congress...kill of the Global Warming Desk and replace it with a “Regulations Review Desk”...and possibly tell the Global Warming bunch that their services are no longer required.
But then look at yourself as an EPA employee. Where do you go when the RIFs start to flow? The usual money-making river for these types of people is to work at the companies they regulated, as they are familiar with the rules they wrote...but now most of those rules are going away, so, so much for that. And I doubt their good looks will help too. They have to be REAL with themselves (and they will be), and realize that THEIR ONLY HOPE is to try to ride out the RIFs...which means kiss up and behave. Otherwise they’ll be lucky to get a job at Starbucks.