The organization I worked for eight months ago was one with a clear mission filled with dedicated employees who were passionate about what they did and about carrying out the mission each day for the American people.
After being hacked to pieces by this administration, there were some pieces left in the rubble that made it seem like rebuilding it was possible. Over the last two weeks, the few good leaders left have put in their two weeks notices.
There were only a handful of good leaders left after the initial destruction the administration had unleashed in the winter/spring. Eight months ago, I knew the mission of the organization and how it could be executed. I also knew that the leadership in place was extremely driven and passionate about ensuring we all succeed at achieving the mission.
The leaders I recently learned are leaving were the kind of leaders that trusted their employees to get the work done, not micromanage to death. They were the kind of people that sincerely wanted you to succeed both professionally and in your personal life. They genuinely wanted to know about your family and always supported ways that allowed for more work life balance.
These were the leaders who treated their employees as if they had value, they excelled at what they did and always gave their employees chances to excel. They were the kind of leaders that you knew would have your back when people start giving you push back as you try to carry out your duties, like, for example, when outside contractors whine about deserving way more money even though their claims were clearly not fair or reasonable.
The public thought that things were corrupt and just got rubber stamped before, but, in actuality, it's what will result from all this. No one is motivated anymore, divisions are operating on life support. When people try to still carry out the mission they once knew they get push back from the installed leaders "like no, just give em those extra millions because they're my friends and private sector does everything better". Yay efficiency, yay being mindful of taxpayers dollars...
Now that we will have no one to fight the installed people to save the backbone of the organization, I have no idea what this place will become but it certainly won't be recognizable, which is likely why the only good leaders left are deciding to leave now. They know more than I do for sure...so it must not be good.
The latest email from our trump appointee emphasized how AI needs to be filling the gaping holes they created in the workforce. The organization will no longer be one that values the people who work there in the least. They won't have their back and they are obscuring the missions.
It truly just makes me want to cry. It's sad beyond belief to watch a once great place to work be dismantled in a matter of months. I can't be alone in this feeling. I know, sadly, that this is happening broadly accross government. Mind you, not the legislative and judicial branches where most of the corruption lives...
The public still thinks this is all fantastic and we were all worthless beings. Well, my division saved tax payers millions and millions of dollars each year. Greedy contractors try to get away with alot and with no one in place to stop it...they certainly will get away with robbing the taxpayers and continuing to enrich themselves while treating their own employers like absolute garbage. This is the culture that will preserve after all is said and done. How people think it's going to be good for them is beyond me.
Originally Posted By u/WhereztheBleepnLight At 2025-09-09 07:19:27 AM | Source
