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Glenn Graham
84:12 - 84:46
"I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand."
“I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand.”
- Speaker
- Glenn Graham
- Timestamp
- 84:12 – 84:46
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 22, 2026
From the transcript
There were folks, good folks that we lost in the organization because they were afraid that if they didn't take that option and they were riffed, they would have nothing. Uh, you know, I think in general it was difficult because I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand.
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