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mustangfan12

The federal government post Trump will probably be the worst place to work

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Lately Ive been reading the stories or Federal employees on the FedEmployees subreddit and things sound pretty bad. There won't be a federal workers strike because there's plenty of people in the workforce that were around Reagan did the PATCO firings and what Trump did was much worse than Reagan's PATCO firings. Once the government passes a law banning strikes the labor movement is pretty much done for unless everyone in the workforce is willing to risk everything.

I think going forward after the shutdown ends and even if Trump gets out of office in 4 years the federal government will be the worst place for anyone to work at. All it takes is another government shutdown or Republican president for things to get bad again. Even if the Democrats win in 2028, a Republican president could easily take power again in 2032. The federal government going forward is going to be one of the places I will never consider applying for. I do however want to eventually work for a state government though with good labor laws and union protections.

Posted Oct 30, 2025, 3:53 PM UTC

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