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Just One in Six Feds Say They’re Excited to Implement Trump’s Agenda
Much like Tier I appointed officials and office employees at the White House, government workers across the job spectrum disapprove of Trump policies/condensation and plan to leave their jobs early.
Related: Government Executive 2018 Presidential Poll: January 8, 2018
BY ERIC KATZ
JANUARY 17, 2018
Federal employees overwhelmingly believe President Trump does not respect them, according to a new survey, and a plurality think he has negatively affected their agencies’ missions. Overall, 59 percent of federal employees disapprove of how Trump is handling his job as president after his first year in office, while 38 percent approve, according to a Government Business Council and GovExec.com survey. His disapproval is slightly higher among federal workers as measured by GBC than in the average of polls among the American public writ large, and his numbers among feds have dipped slightly since May from a GBC poll conducted after Trump’s first 100 days in office. Just 28 percent of federal employees believe Trump respects them, while 58 percent think he does not, the GBC survey found.
Respondents generally felt Trump was having a negative impact on their agencies’ missions, with 43 percent expressing that view. Only one in four feds said Trump has had a positive impact, while about one in three said he has not made any impact. One federal employee, given anonymity to allow honest answers to the survey, said Trump is breeding a contemptuous workforce. “A negative and demeaning attitude towards federal employees creates negative and demeaning employees,” the respondent said. One in five federal employees indicated they would leave federal service because of Trump, a majority of whom are retirement eligible but will separate earlier than they had previously planned. Three in 10 respondents said they would leave the government within two years.
Much like Tier I appointed officials and office employees at the White House, government workers across the job spectrum disapprove of Trump policies/condensation and plan to leave their jobs early.
Related: Government Executive 2018 Presidential Poll: January 8, 2018