One federal employee said in a court filing that they “cannot in good conscience pretend to agree with President Trump’s policies.”

Government employees asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the Trump administration from encouraging job applicants to demonstrate their loyalty to the president’s agenda.

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, a group of federal labor unions argues that the White House’s “merit hiring plan” violates applicants’ First Amendment rights. The plan, put forth by the Office of Personnel Management, includes the following short essay question:

“How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.”

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    Yep I always sprinkled in like one 3 and one 4 just to make it look slightly more realistic. Still got forwarded to jobs so

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      It’s a shit show.

      Everytime we have higher openings my best people barely squeak thru HR then I got to write a freaking dissertation to explain why I don’t just want the person who lied the most on self eval and had a 20 page shotgun resume.

      The limiting resumes to two pages is gonna help, but the promotion system for civies makes the military look like they have their shit together.

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        I always hated having to write a massive resume, but if you didn’t HR would pass you up. Always felt bad for these hiring managers

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          They’re a two page limit now, so you basically have to do a bespoke resume for every posting

          Which is a hassle, but one of the few changes that’s actually positive