The current regime decided lawlessness was beneficial to them. Cuts both ways. I suppose people should consider carefully whether signing bonuses and the chance to abuse marginalised people with impunity is worth it. I'm fine with people making it riskier to throw in with corrupt authoritarians for personal benefit.
I don't know if every state is like this, but in my state, all state employee salaries are public information that anyone can look up. Why should federal employees have their information hidden? They're supposed to work for us.
Alternative discussion here <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280864">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280864</a>
This calls for the world’s tiniest violin.
If those employees didn't do anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about.