Is the federal workforce in danger? Are the cuts necessary?

A few weeks ago I read (I think it was Pew) that there are 3+ million federal employees and in another article I read that 79,000+ had been laid off or fired. I'm math challenged but with Prof. Google's help that's 2.6% of the federal workforce. Am I figuring that right? I realize that if it's your job, it's 100%, but in the big picture, that's not huge. If it's your coffee shop next to a building that is empty, you might go out of business.

Many are taking early retirement and many were probationary, and unfortunately Biden added a huge number of unnecessary administrative staff to the employment  numbers in a few short years of his administration. Federal workers increased 6% during the Biden administration according to Government Executive. It was one of his campaign promises.

 
Even 2 billion in our money cut from Harvard is not a big deal when you know that its endowment investment is $53.2 billion. That should allow enough for a few DEI courses and anti-America classes not on our dime. Plus Harvard still has all the money (full tuition) from all the foreign governments that have planted their "students" there. I think the terms are fair.