A year into Hegseth’s cuts, Defense civilians report ‘degraded performance’ and low morale.

You don’t say?

Has there ever been an example where budget cuts and layoffs lead to *increased* morale? Especially when your boss is a jackass?

When your own memo calls your civilian work force "excessive bureaucracy", not surprised. Willing to bet he largely believes our military is great because of soldiers alone, not the hundreds of thousands of civilians (federal and contractors) who make the tech that keeps it r...

"degraded"? I think you meant to say 'non-existant'

If only anyone with the ability to do something actually cared. Until then we all remain in perpetual limbo. One would think with their need for the military something would change, but that would require logical thinking and reasoning. Which left the room well over a year ago.

When your leaders demonize you to the nation, freeze hiring and mobility, make you take on more work through driving people out by fear, terrorize you with doge, all but freeze your pay, suppress performance ratings, force you back to in office work to sit on teams all day, fr...

I want to know who chowed down on the steak, lobster, doughnuts, and ice cream.  I thought Peat didn't want overweight troops.


Could you imagine working for this clown? Like, trying not to laugh as he gives you one of his meatball pep talks and challenges you to a push up contest

The thing that sucks is the pervasive perspective that no help is coming and our team is all we’ve got. We were told we were going to be executing less with less but we are still waiting for less work

I appreciate the article pointing this out, but the message will be completely lost in the lies and gaslighting of this administration, which constantly claims that Trump is the best. We all know that the more they make this claim, the less true it is.

Tons of DoD shops whose civilians are stretched and overworked due to a manning shortfall, with just a 1% FY26 raise and (maybe) a bonus to wash it all down. How is morale not through the roof?

Well good news for them because that degraded performance translates to a pink slip according to new OPM guidance and regulations.

They literally said that the goal was to make government employees not want to go into work. This was their stated goal.

Shocking

A large percentage of the US: Frankly, I'm too exhausted to keep thinking about it.”

Man if they only had some extra money lying around that they could use to help morale….

But at least he got his lobster and crab.

Good thing we started the biggest war since Vietnam then, right?

Imagine cutting your staff significantly when you have every intention for full-blown major activity

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell ya!

My entry-on-duty date for DoD is April 6th and I'd appreciate any level-headed and un-emotional advice for what I'm about to get into.

Got word today that my shop is going to be cut. Well, they said we are going to realign, become lean, use AI, and a lot of HR speak. Not like we didn't already lose over 20% of our workforce, and are staring down mission failure.

Thanks captain obvious

Hegseth blows goats

So remember that audit we were supposed to pass in 2028? With all this administration has done and especially with everything going on the last 3-4 months legit everyone is running for the doors. Pretty much 5 years of auditing controls and methodology evaporated due to “con...

I don’t know about you guys, but I loved my de facto pay decrease and working in a shop that’s 35% undermanned.

I guess they aren’t getting the lobster, prime rib, or fruit stands

Funny how all thoae cuts to save money were sent to lobester, crabs, and lavish gifts. Saving money it was not. It was all about curroption

I'm not DoD but have noticed the bar is lower as well. I'm halfheartedly turning in good work and getting a thumbs up without anyone really looking at it.

Did they not get the Surf n Turf dinners and grand pianos also?

Hate this guy

I'm still curious what the army Reserve is going to look like, def slow walking this...

I did názi that coming along with massively inflated spending

If anyone thinks he’s not going to point to the cuts from last year and then point to the lethal ops in Iran and say “look we were really lethal without all those civilians and no beards” and cut some more, I have some beachfront property in Arizona to sell you. He wasn’t a ...

This isn't limited to dod (or dow). I was searching for something on our internal site the other day. Couldn't find it. Someone eventually sent it to my via email. Turns out, our seach function has gone to crap after doge decided to fire a good chunk of our IT people. Turns ...

You think?!

Well you know … fucking lobsters

Half our department retired and I’ve even taken on duties outside of our office.

We’ve been asked to do more with less for so long while funds got siphoned to defense contracts that we’re at the point we can only do less with less. I know what we’re capable of, and I see what is accepted, and I am deep in my feels about it.

Imagine that! Maybe he can get them some ribeyes and lobster tails

What, not everyone got a grand piano during his end of the fiscal year splurge?

But they spent billions! Didn’t all those donuts and lobster and fruit displays go to the troops and the workers?

Now that he's had a FT job for a year, I bet he'll get better at it.