By Philip Elliot
Federal workers are often scapegoated by political leaders and pressured to meet their whims. It was already hard for the most spotlighted agencies, but their problems seem to have been only exacerbated by Trump's presidency.
A recent poll on how federal employees felt about their jobs revealed a correlation - the less Trump knew about your job, the happier you were. Unsurprisingly, top-level cabinet departments like Homeland Security, Justice, and State, all had below-average happiness rankings. Even smaller agencies, like those that manage U.S. PR abroad and carry out budget management, ranked lower because of their frequent contact with the White House and its whims.
This is important because unhappy agencies produce lower-quality work, resulting in more unnecessary spending and more people leaving their jobs.
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