On Their Way Out the Door

 

 

          It might surprise you, but the performance of individual civil servants is reviewed from time to time. Some civil servants know that their time is up. They have a good idea that they will be let go in the not too distant future.

          If they are let go, their performance record may be held against them when they seek future employment—public or private. But if the outgoing employee can hijack the process and prompt an early termination in connection with political activism/speech, then their poor performance record will not be front and center when they seek new employment—including government employment. Also, many (albeit not all) civil servants have any number of protections against being fired in connection with speech unrelated to their work and work place. If they are wrongfully fired, they will have a lawsuit against the government and government agency which fired them. Firing them wrongfully is to put the public’s money into their pocket.

          Don’t be manipulated.

         

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘On Their Way Out the Door,’ New Reform Club (Sept. 17, 2025, 7:18 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/on-their-way-out-door.html>;