Contractor Cuts: Booz, Deloitte, Leidos, etc.

[Anonymous]

What are people hearing about this? How are we not headed for the worst local recession ever.

https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2025/02/trump-administration-asks-agencies-cull-consultants/403348/

[Anonymous]

Its quietly happening all over. It has been for a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its quietly happening all over. It has been for a while.

+1

Hoping that this is more bark than bite.

[Anonymous]

Of course we are Op. the goal according to OPM is to inflict pain on the federal workers and those who benefit from govt contracting (except for the companies of Elon musk and his cronies which will benefit.)

Trump doesn’t care if DC turns into Detroit 2.0

[Anonymous]

we are screwed. Our contract is about to expire and were hoping to be renewed. IDK what we are going to do.

[Anonymous]

Will all of these companies just go under?

[Anonymous]

The grift is over, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we are screwed. Our contract is about to expire and were hoping to be renewed. IDK what we are going to do.

You try to move to a more stable contract and not wait and hope for renewal.

[Anonymous]

A buddy of mine jumped ship from the federal side to the private sector side at one of these consulting firms. Built a strong network over the years and stayed in touch with colleagues. Put in a call to an old boss and has a new job. This is how it’s done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

if you had any idea what these contracts actually do…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A buddy of mine jumped ship from the federal side to the private sector side at one of these consulting firms. Built a strong network over the years and stayed in touch with colleagues. Put in a call to an old boss and has a new job. This is how it’s done.

+1

I jumped ship last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

The grift is just beginning. Wait and see how many things only Elon's company can provide.

[Anonymous]

I was talking to an old colleague of mine who owns a contracting firm. His opinion is that longer term, everything will be privatized. So there may be immediate contract cuts but they will be back long term.

In a way it kind of makes sense. I’ve heard horror stories about how hard it is to get rid of lousy Feds. In the private sector, it’s much easier to fire an employee or (as we’ve seen) just cut the contract.

[Anonymous]

I’m doing layoffs today for folks who don’t have funding. I have so much empathy for them.

[Anonymous]

The IT and other support services for the agencies with a lot of layoffs will be at risk. Contracts that actually create things should be ok for a bit.