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Showing Original Post only (View all)WH staffers getting afraid that being associated with Trump makes them unemployable. [View all]
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/no-joy-in-trumpworld-white-house-staffers-looking-to-jump-ship-and-mass-exodus-coming/White House staffers are sending out resumes and preparing to flee the chaos of the Trump administration.
Morale has plummeted amid the widening Russia investigation and the personnel changes at the top, which has left staffers without allies in an administration characterized by mistrust, reported Politico.
There will be an exodus from this administration in January, said one Republican lobbyist, who has personally heard from five officials looking to leave. Everyone says, I just need to stay for one year. If you leave before a year, it looks like you are acknowledging that you made a mistake.
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There is no joy in Trumpworld right now, said one adviser in close contact with staffers. Working in the White House is supposed to be the peak of your career, but everyone is unhappy, and everyone is fighting everyone else.
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Some people are a little nervous that corporations will hold their time in the Trump White House against them, particularly companies like Google or Uber or tech players, said one GOP strategist who has fielded calls from staffers looking to leave.
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WH staffers getting afraid that being associated with Trump makes them unemployable. [View all]
DetlefK
Sep 2017
OP
"and everyone is fighting everyone else" - Isn't that a business policy that Trump favors?
keithbvadu2
Sep 2017
#30
They'll be wise to leave that part of their CV blank... or to describe the years as...
NurseJackie
Sep 2017
#48