# ‘The mission is dead’: Federal workers say the shutdown made an ‘extremely trying year’ worse **URL:** \ **Category:** Pay, Perks, and Retirement\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.fedwork.net/t/the-mission-is-dead-federal-workers-say-the-shutdown-made-an-extremely-trying-year-worse/3813 "2025-12-02T23:43:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FedWork](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/www.fedwork.net/fedwork/32/310_2.png) [@FedWork](https://www.fedwork.net/u/FedWork)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.fedwork.net/t/the-mission-is-dead-federal-workers-say-the-shutdown-made-an-extremely-trying-year-worse/3813/1 "2025-12-02T23:43:49Z")
“As if morale wasn't already non-existent, it sure is now," one federal worker said. The post [‘The mission is dead’: Federal workers say the shutdown made an ‘extremely trying year’ worse](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/12/the-mission-is-dead-federal-workers-say-the-shutdown-made-an-extremely-trying-year-worse/) first appeared on [Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com). ...https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/12/the-mission-is-dead-federal-workers-say-the-shutdown-made-an-extremely-trying-year-worse/ ---
**Author:** ![Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Marko](https://www.fedwork.net/u/Marko)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.fedwork.net/t/the-mission-is-dead-federal-workers-say-the-shutdown-made-an-extremely-trying-year-worse/3813/2 "2025-12-03T14:48:14Z")
This article is extremely poignant and captures the heart of what federal workers have gone through the past 12 months. Changes were needed, but how do you quantify these actions by the current administration have helped make the government more efficient and saved money?