Heavy-Handed Management Can Lead to Headaches

One of the top stories of 2025 has been the changes occurring at the federal government and, particularly, varying efforts to downsize staffing levels. Much debate has occurred across the political spectrum as to the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and others to eliminate government jobs. Debate over the motivations and approaches of government leadership, which as relevant to this article is the employer, may be of intellectual interest but is of no moment with respect to union-avoidance efforts. The only relevant consideration with respect to maintaining union-free status is that of the workers. To that end, federal employee dissatisfaction with the government's approach and, more broadly, job security has been regularly reported as considerable.