How Are Federal Workers Handling Trump's Cuts?

As President Donald Trump seeks to cut down the size of the government, many federal workers are losing their jobs.

From the Left: Several outlets on the left ran pieces interviewing federal workers who were shocked and scared. “One was fired by email at 12:47 a.m. Another wept with colleagues as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending,” A New York Times (Lean Left bias) piece began. “Experts and the workers themselves acknowledge that reforms are needed in the federal work force... But experts said that Mr. Musk’s tactics, including offering blanket deferred resignations to two million workers, amounted to an immolation of government without thought or strategy,” it added.

From the Right: A piece in The Federalist (Right bias) argued that federal workers have long been given too much leeway—working shorter hours with more time off and legal protection than the average American and without accountability from voters. “The federal administrative state for decades has been given incredible latitude to pursue its own agenda based on supposed 'expertise,' an expertise that is demonstrably liberal in its political orientation,” it said. 

From the Center: Voices in the center were mixed. A Christian Science Monitor (Center) article said federal workers were grappling with a “demoralizing assault” and the Wall Street Journal (Center) highlighted the once-optimistic business sector worried about the effects the cuts would have on unemployment rates in Washington D.C. especially. Foreign Policy (Center) ran a piece arguing that federal workers have been previously targeted by both Republican and Democratic presidents.