Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:28
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vought wants to hold federal employees accountable for poor performance. For some federal employees, accountability is an alien concept, which they equate to trauma. However, in the real world (i.e., private sector), accountability is life and nothing new.
To be clear, Vougut said he wanted to inflict trauma on the federal workforce. He said that he wanted federal workers to dread going to work and to feel hated by the public. This isn't people reading into his comments, or "equating" accountability to trauma. He said he wants to inflict trauma.
I think Vought has a lot of great ideas. But the changes to performance management aren't good. It's killing any incentive to go above and beyond. (I quit and moved into the private sector. Part of the issue was that I like to accomplish things and be recognized and neither are possible in the government right now.)
His only ideas are destroying the govt and democracy. By definition, he has no good ideas.
Anonymous
12/11/2025 22:21
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Vought wants to hold federal employees accountable for poor performance. For some federal employees, accountability is an alien concept, which they equate to trauma. However, in the real world (i.e., private sector), accountability is life and nothing new.
To be clear, Vougut said he wanted to inflict trauma on the federal workforce. He said that he wanted federal workers to dread going to work and to feel hated by the public. This isn't people reading into his comments, or "equating" accountability to trauma. He said he wants to inflict trauma.
I think Vought has a lot of great ideas. But the changes to performance management aren't good. It's killing any incentive to go above and beyond. (I quit and moved into the private sector. Part of the issue was that I like to accomplish things and be recognized and neither are possible in the government right now.)
Anonymous
12/10/2025 20:35
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking of quitting in January. I am eligible for a VERA in June, but do others think there won't be one? I'd stay if that looks like it, but if not, I'm out. I don't even have a job to go to, but I can't stand another day.
I am sorry, but try staying until Feb., since last year the DRP letter went out on 1/28/25.
Do you see them doing another DRP? I don't see it, but maybe I'm wrong? I am eager to quit because the sooner I do, the sooner I can start something else, but I'm willing to stick around if DRP/VERA happens again.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 20:28
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking of quitting in January. I am eligible for a VERA in June, but do others think there won't be one? I'd stay if that looks like it, but if not, I'm out. I don't even have a job to go to, but I can't stand another day.
I am sorry, but try staying until Feb., since last year the DRP letter went out on 1/28/25.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 20:23
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
I'm thinking of quitting in January. I am eligible for a VERA in June, but do others think there won't be one? I'd stay if that looks like it, but if not, I'm out. I don't even have a job to go to, but I can't stand another day.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 01:12
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vought wanted feds "in trauma", that works for me, more or less. This administration has been very distressing for me, to the point where I feel anxious about coming to work. A lot of staff have already left the agency through VERA and DRP, and many others chose regular retirement shortly after the five-day RTO requirement was announced. Now everyone is stretched extremely thin, and without the option to telework—especially with the added commute time—it has become very difficult.
In the meantime, I still need to deal with the potential USDA relocation and look for other opportunities. I feel exhausted.
I want to quit, but the job market is tough at the moment. Still have three more years to go under this administration, and I’m hoping things will return to normal by 2029.
100% things turn normal again in 2029, if not sooner. Maybe once we win the midterms then they can change everything back then
A lot of HHS has been absolutely gutted by both firings and resignations and just abysmal morale. I don’t see how they’ll recover to what they were.
+1. Plus, in addition to the people who left, the promise of job stability is gone. And it's not like it got replaced with something equally appealing. I would not want to be trying to hire right now.
+2 A lot of highly qualified doctors and scientists have left the FDA too. When people start having problems with the safety of their medications, medical devices, and food supply because, they aren't being appropriately reviewed, we can say that "DOGE and Vought's desire for federal workers to be traumatized did this."
Anonymous
12/10/2025 00:38
Subject: Re:Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.performance.gov/pma/
Merry Christmas!!
What does this mean to us?
Kicking off DOGE 2.0 in January. Hold on!
VERA is coming?
Absolutely not. Read the management plan. They are pushing down ratings, then fire for low performance and stiff on retirement.
Anonymous
12/09/2025 22:38
Subject: Re:Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.performance.gov/pma/
Merry Christmas!!
What does this mean to us?
Kicking off DOGE 2.0 in January. Hold on!
VERA is coming?
Anonymous
12/09/2025 22:19
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Fantastic point PP!!!
“ The distinguishing feature is that the private sector wastes money and time very quickly, while the government wastes time and money slowly.”
The other distinguishing features are that many, many feds are there for the mission. People in private industry are there for the paycheck.
I'm so tired of the lies about and slander against federal workers.
Anonymous
12/09/2025 20:10
Subject: Re:Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.performance.gov/pma/
Merry Christmas!!
What does this mean to us?
Kicking off DOGE 2.0 in January. Hold on!
Anonymous
12/09/2025 18:42
Subject: Re:Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:https://www.performance.gov/pma/
Merry Christmas!!
What does this mean to us?
Anonymous
12/09/2025 16:41
Subject: Re:Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous
12/09/2025 15:16
Subject: Vought wanted feds in trauma, that works for me
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vought wanted feds "in trauma", that works for me, more or less. This administration has been very distressing for me, to the point where I feel anxious about coming to work. A lot of staff have already left the agency through VERA and DRP, and many others chose regular retirement shortly after the five-day RTO requirement was announced. Now everyone is stretched extremely thin, and without the option to telework—especially with the added commute time—it has become very difficult.
In the meantime, I still need to deal with the potential USDA relocation and look for other opportunities. I feel exhausted.
I want to quit, but the job market is tough at the moment. Still have three more years to go under this administration, and I’m hoping things will return to normal by 2029.
100% things turn normal again in 2029, if not sooner. Maybe once we win the midterms then they can change everything back then
A lot of HHS has been absolutely gutted by both firings and resignations and just abysmal morale. I don’t see how they’ll recover to what they were.
+1
Am HHS and can confirm that morale is in the toilet. Plus there’s the mindf*ck and embarrassment of now being associated with an increasingly corrupt, hostile, and anti-science agency. It sucks