From Daily Signal [1]:
At a minimum [2], firing a federal worker takes 170 days, but often it takes well over a year—and sometimes even two years. The nearly impossible [3] process of firing a federal worker even with just cause means that federal managers almost never even attempt to dismiss or discipline workers.
Endnotes
- “Daily Signal”: https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11/30/federal-employee-vaccine-mandate-could-result-in-thousands-of-firings-heres-what-that-means-for-government-functions/
- “At a minimum”: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-15-191.pdf#page=19
- “nearly impossible”: https://www.rstreet.org/2015/05/15/it-really-is-nearly-impossible-to-fire-a-federal-employee/