The small army of putative swamp-drainers that Donald Trump hired to staff his White House are already eyeing the exits, prepping their resumes, and talking to headhunters as the administration inches closer to its first anniversary, and more lucrative opportunities within Washington’s vast political-industrial complex beckon.

Multiple Republican lobbyists, political operatives, headhunters, and others told Politico that they are being, well, swamped with resumes and inquiries from current Trump administration staffers looking to land on their feet outside the West Wing. Those inquiries, somewhat ironically, are aimed towards jobs as government affairs experts in major corporations, trade associations, interest groups, universities, and so forth—all the traditional private-sector crash pads of the burned-out, poorly paid public servant.

While it’s not unusual for anyone who serves in government to sell their experience to the private sector, the unprecedented chaos within the scandal-ridden Trump administration has given the traditional turnover an added sense of urgency. Often, staffers will choose to work in the White House for at least two years before cashing out. Instead, the usual annual shake-up is apparently threatening to become a stampede. “There will be an exodus from this administration in January,” a Republican lobbyist predicted, telling Politico that already he’s fielded inquiries from five officials. “Everyone says, ‘I just need to stay for one year.’ If you leave before a year, it looks like you are acknowledging that you made a mistake.”

It’s not just the higher salary and better hours that make ditching the Trump Show an appealing prospect. Thanks to the departures of power brokers like Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus, who brought many loyalists along with them, staffers no longer have the protection of their patrons from the West Wing’s eternal drama—nor the institutional support to enact whatever political agendas they brought with them. (The reign of Chief of Staff John Kelly has seen to that.) And, of course, there is the looming specter of the Russia investigation always in the background. “Working in the White House is supposed to be the peak of your career, but everyone is unhappy, and everyone is fighting everyone else,” said one operative.

The potential January culling could cripple an administration that has yet to fill hundreds of political positions, and continues to have a hard time attracting top talent. The expected exodus has already overwhelmed Washington insiders, who instinctively know why they’re suddenly being asked to have networking meetings and lunches with Trump officials. “I want to say, ‘Are you going to be serving a side of resume with this lunch?” groused one lobbyist.