I was an attorney at the FCC right out of law school. Lasted for three months and then had to get out. It was a bureaucratic nightmare, and you had people who literally sat around all day and did absolutely nothing.
My WAG is that you've just described ~65% of fedgov.
Your case sounds like someone I know who got a job as a chemist supervisor or some such at a gov-co agency.
That person lasted about the same and left for reasons like yours.