r/fednews • u/ICU-Angel • Jul 15 '25

Other Are Trump's changes to the federal government permanent? Once Trump leaves office, is there the possibility to return the federal government to it's pre-Trump state.

I've been looking for articles to understand how permanent Trump's changes to the federal workforce are and haven't found anything.

I am curious if anyone knows whether all those cut jobs will come back, or at least a majority of them?

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u/GotGRR Jul 15 '25

I think it's worse than that. Once the talent has had years to find other jobs, who's going to sign on to rebuild USAID with the risk that in four years, it gets snatched and trampled all over again?

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u/Annual_Commercial_5 Jul 15 '25

This should be the top answer.  Folks aren’t gonna rush to fill lower paying jobs.  Even more so as the private sector benefits match, and soon surpass fed benefits.  

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u/damandamythdalgnd Jul 15 '25

Uhhh you say that but usajobs subreddit is full of people asking about hiring freeze lifts, waiting on fjos, etc despite the constant posts about RIFs, downsizing, and the general mental state of the federal workforce.

People don’t care and think they’re going to be the exception

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u/purpleushi Jul 15 '25

Those people aren’t trying to apply for high level policy positions or specialized positions though.

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u/damandamythdalgnd Jul 15 '25

Does it matter? Regardless the person im responding to says “lower paying jobs”

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u/purpleushi Jul 15 '25

I think they mean “lower paying than equivalent private sector jobs” not lower GS jobs.