No, IC members don't expect their work to be easy, but they also expect not to have their work and our professional conduct undermined by the so-called First Customer. Morale is low; joint duty assignments in the orbit of the WH go unfilled because most people would rather continue doing substantive work than having their efforts subsumed into the typhoon of incompetence and bluster coming out of the administration. Most keep their heads down and continue doing their jobs to the best of their ability, because most went into civil service with a sense of its importance and a commitment to offering their country their best. Some are leaving; the higher wages of the private sector beckon. One has to wonder at what the long tail of this period of official derision and bad mouthing will bring.
No, IC members don't expect their work to be easy, but they also expect not to have their work and our professional conduct undermined by the so-called First Customer. Morale is low; joint duty assignments in the orbit of the WH go unfilled because most people would rather continue doing substantive work than having their efforts subsumed into the typhoon of incompetence and bluster coming out of the administration. Most keep their heads down and continue doing their jobs to the best of their ability, because most went into civil service with a sense of its importance and a commitment to offering their country their best. Some are leaving; the higher wages of the private sector beckon. One has to wonder at what the long tail of this period of official derision and bad mouthing will bring.