For most federal officials at this point, there was actually no longer any difference between work and life.
The cabinet under Conner was drastically cutting federal government agencies. Internally, the stated goal was to reduce the number of federal employees to no more than three thousand.
It sounded incredible, but it had been carefully calculated.
All the unimportant departments, such as those responsible for wild environments and for protecting endangered animals, were being eliminated.
Departments that might not be needed for the next several million years had no reason to remain, either. Aside from bundling and storing some of the documents and records that already existed,
everything related to those departments would be erased outright.
The departments that would still be useful during the shelter era, such as those responsible for shelter operations and the judicial departments, would be maintained.
But they would not be maintained with many employees. Although many departments still served a purpose, they likewise did not need that many people.
More of the government employees were warehouse managers or archive-room administrators.
So everyone was quite relaxed now. At an internal federal government work meeting, Conner stated that federal employees who transferred to corporations would also enjoy a certain degree of service-time conversion.
There were also various other preferential benefits. Even if they found just any job, they could still live fairly well.
But only fairly well. Living in great comfort would not be easy.
The employee responsible for the Anti-Monopoly investigation office arrived at work on Monday morning. He had just taken the unfinished novel and pastries from his briefcase and had not yet had time to make himself a cup of coffee when he noticed a document folder on his desk.
He stared at the folder in bewilderment. He was the only one in the