The last thing Shane Poole wanted was to turn his back on the military life he loves. But Poole, an Air Force veteran who now works as a civilian trainer, says he's lost all trust in the government as
President Donald Trump pushes a now-or-never buyout on federal workers.
Poole had been dedicated to his team of 77 and the service branch he's served since he was 18. But the Trump blitz on government employees changed his mind.
He is one of a reported 60,000 federal employees who have accepted the unprecedented buyout offer, which is on hold pending a court hearing Monday.
“What’s frustrating is that this administration has portrayed people like myself as the enemy to the American people. We are portrayed as lazy, incompetent, low productivity,” said Poole, 41, the lead instructional systems specialist at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah. “It’s hurtful to see people cheering this on.”
From the comments: Fair question for those saying that many government employees are lazy and useless. How do you know that the ones taking the buyout are the bad apples? If you have 100 people working on a project and 30 of them are useless, and 40 people take the buyout, all of whom are highly talented figuring that they can find other jobs, you are now left with 60 employees, 30 of whom are useless. The agency went from 30% useless to 50% useless. Doesn’t it stand to reason that the lazy ones will cling to their jobs and not thrust themselves into a tight job market? Doesn’t it stand to reason that the ones who leave are the ones who are most likely to be employable elsewhere?
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