‘A workplace crisis:’ Nearly all Foreign Service employees report lower morale in union-led survey

America’s diplomatic capacity is being decimated from within as morale plummets

The New York Times reports U.S. diplomacy is floundering with fully 98 percent of diplomats reporting plummeting workplace morale since the Trump administration took over in January.“The Foreign Service is in crisis,” said John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, or A.F.S.A. “Damage is being done to America’s diplomatic service that we will be paying for for decades to come.”An upcoming A.F.S.A. report warns that “A…

Whopping 98% of Diplomats Report Falling Morale Under Trump

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Nearly all of America’s diplomats feel workplace morale has fallen since President Donald Trump took office, according to a new report. Data from a forthcoming report, obtained by The New York Times, from the American Foreign Service Association includes that a whopping 98% of professional diplomats feel morale actively dropping under Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The full report, which includes more than…

US diplomats’ morale plummets

Morale among US diplomats is in freefall as the Trump administration slashes spending and upends traditional norms and practices, according to a new survey from the American Foreign Service Association. Overall, 98% of American foreign service officers reported lower morale since US President Donald Trump returned to office, the survey found, while 86% said it had become harder to do their jobs. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a …

‘A workplace crisis:’ Nearly all Foreign Service employees report lower morale in union-led survey

The State Department’s diplomatic workforce is feeling overburdened, under-resourced and more likely to leave in the next few years, given sweeping changes happening under the Trump administration, according to a survey conducted by its union. In a survey of more than 2,100 active-duty Foreign Service employees, the American Foreign Service Association found that 98% of respondents reported reduced morale this year. About 86% of respondents said…

Survey finds low morale among U.S. diplomats after sweeping job cuts

A survey by the American Foreign Service Association finds that U.S. diplomats are reeling from layoffs and low morale, leaving American foreign service in crisis.

"Dangerously low": Morale in the U.S. Foreign Service craters under Trump

A year of upheaval in the U.S. Foreign Service has left a beleaguered workforce struggling to advance the country's diplomatic goals, according to a new survey by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). Why it matters: The survey paints a grim picture of life in the diplomatic corps since…