A veteran (and new federal employee) offers her view on the chaos the sudden government downsizing has unleashed

Yes, there are lots of federal workers who have been sitting at home babysitting on the taxpayer dime since Covid started. There are also lots of folks like this, caught in the undertow.

Everyone agrees: the federal government is an inefficient beast that needs shrinking — and that process may be painful to employees who have taken advantage of “work” from home rules for years.

That said, the current slash-and-burn chaos is not without innocent victims, particularly those hired with the explicit promise they could work remotely. One, a v…