Around 150,000 people leave the Federal Government every year anyway [1], and there's likely significant overlap between those who accept the DOGE eight month severance and those who were already planning to leave this or next year. In fact, it was only back in 2021 that some agency heads were excited about the possibility that all the retirements happening and forecast in 2020/2021 would enable them to clear out cruft and hire younger and more experienced individuals [2]; but, of course, no one likes it when its done to you.
Its also, obviously, the case that we wouldn't see most of the macroeconomic impact of these cut workers for at least a few months, when their severance runs out and when those who can't find further work change their spending behavior.
Its also, obviously, the case that we wouldn't see most of the macroeconomic impact of these cut workers for at least a few months, when their severance runs out and when those who can't find further work change their spending behavior.
[1] https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/recent-trends-in-quits-and...
[2] https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/11/time-for-th...