Other studies show that now, after less than two weeks back in the workplace, federal workers are still suffering from the side effects of the last shutdown. “I think most would agree that this past shutdown and the threat of the upcoming shutdown is a very different psychological experience,” he said. “I imagine the current shutdown experience for federal workers is a lot closer to layoffs in the private sector then has been the case in the past." “The common thread there is those things increase work stress,” Ballard said. You can’t be fully on at work because that’s weighing on you.”Read also:The ‘perfect storm’ keeping struggling federal workers from accepting helpLike On Leadership?

Source: Washington Post February 11, 2019 12:22 UTC