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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m SES[b]. I read the EO and I don’t see the big deal. I mean sure, we are getting some unwanted attention. There are a couple aspects that are eyebrow raising, but noting that I feel alarmed about.[/b] [/quote]

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for you SES saying it's all fine, what happens when you provide an opinion or news that is counter to what the administration would like to hear?  Even if what you are saying is true and based on statistics/research?  If you won't regurgitate the message, it appears they can fire you for that.[/quote]

I worked really well with my political under the last Trump administration. And I did NOT vote for the man and certainly did not this time around either. I don’t desire to have contentious relationships with my peers or bosses. When I disagreed or had a different perspective, I didn’t fight them head on. I usually went off and did my research. Thought of alternative approaches and usually went back and had a 1:1 meet. Instead of framing my disagreement as a “I disagree,” I usually started with something like “I’d like to discuss a bit more the approach for achieving x objective.” I would layout a couple options. If I heard discussion about something against existing law or best practices, I’d say “I thought about that approach, but I settled on these options because This will keep us out of trouble with the OIG, GAO, union etc. sometimes the political was not thrilled. But they thought I had their back. I always try to find a way I can achieve the policy objective without violating law or putting undue burden on the staff. Also, my job is not soul sucking - like splitting up migrant families and putting kids in cages. If I were in those roles I would have suggested a more humane way of accomplishing that policy objective. The stuff I dealt with was “no more climate change talk,” and “focus more on rural vs urban.” In both cases, I usually suggested approaches that carried out the policy objective but did NOT obliterate important climate or urban community work. I just made sure the majority of what was being done was no climate and rural. And I would frame the results around the policy objective. I wouldn’t mention the other stuff, even though parts of our programs included climate change activities and support for urban communities. So my political was always Able to tout success and I knew that we were still doing good work where it needed to be done. So I agree with the poster that said a political ally savvy SESer can navigate these waters. And I’m well aware that this round of political will likely be a bit more savage that last round. I just met my acting political this morning. I feel like I can work with him. [/quote]

You know last time is not this time, right?  [/quote]

Y’all funny. I very much know that. Again, I’m super confident in my ability to not have significant issues with these people. I have SUPERB diplomacy skills. I don’t expect it to be perfect, but just like any place, you be professional and work through stuff as best as you can.

And You missed my last two sentences… and further, I spent 5 hours today with my incoming political. We are already off to a very good start despite differences in perspective. And I could tell it caught the political off guard that we got along—personality wise. And please don’t misunderstand me. I would NEVER hang out with this person after hours, but in the workplace I’m going to make sure we have good enough working relations.

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