That's why gov jobs offer greater job security, while paying less than in the private sector.
It should also be noted that this type of purge and re-purge of the civil service with the party faithful was the norm in the 1800s:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system
Eventually folks figured out that this didn't make for effective government and reforms were passed to make so that some positions were treated as 'neutral' and the folks in them would generally follow the policy of new administrations (and give honest advice):
> Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices—the "spoils"—by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient. They demanded nonpartisan scientific methods and credential be used to select civil servants. The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, the Hatch Acts (1939 and 1940) and the CSRA of 1978.[1] In addition, the Civil Service Act of 1888 drastically expanded the civil service system.[2]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service_reform_in_the_Un...
Making more people 'unprotected' and basically 'at-will' was done recently: