Why should any of these workers want to return to the chaos and moral dumpster of the government work place? I understand the financial need to have a good paying job but not being valued for doing your job leaves a big hole in the self-esteem. That eventually wears on a worker to realize they are not valued for the contributions they make towards the whole of the task. I'm sure it would not be long before the crying over lost workers turned to the attitude of "We can replace you very easily".

The heads of these government branches were not confirmed for their expertise but rather for their loyalty. Loyalty does not necessarily mean competence as we are seeing from the result of the change in administration and who they put into those slots. There is a constant 'egg on the face' from those in charge of those branches and it results in the CYA of it rolling downhill rather than sticking to where it really belongs. Again another wear on the moral of the employee.

I'm 100% positive I would not want to be a government worker in today's work place.