Whenever there is over 2 inches of SNOW in Washington, DC, all “non-essential” workers are told to stay home. Then, only about 6% of workers show up & work.
SOOOOO—How many non-essential workers are there? TOO DAMN MANY. Let them see if they have any skills to work in the private sector & get paid a much lower wage.
I “lived” in the WDC area for 30+ years. The government employees “prayed” for weather days off. They always got reimbursed later so it was yet another paid holiday for the slackers. Also, they often griped about being referred to as “nonessential”. I might suggest the term “dead weight”.