DOGE Day One - They close your agency — what do you do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This cannot happen.

Anything is on the table. Get real. Look at SK!

what's SK?

South Korea.

Also, the French government was hit with no confidence. All in all, the US is in okay shape- or at least running with the pack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This cannot happen.

It can, but it's not likely. What is more likely is that some individual offices will be closed. I have a friend in an federal office in the crosshairs of Project 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my agency is in cross hairs. I hear that they may be concerned about regulations or continuity. They might move HQ to South Dakota or something.

But I believe that an unaccountable pair of billionaires who are taking on this task with glee will likely just throw the hand granade and just recommend the agency cease operations. They have no power of course, but Trump stands to attention and issues an EO that Agency N will end on Feb 1.

What do people plan to do? Keep working and ignore crazy? Stay home and risk AWOL designation? File a lawsuit?

Personally I would keep going to work until til I can’t badge in or have another job lined up.

You’re giving the DOGE bros way too much credit.

[Anonymous]

I plan to keep working and ignore the crazy.

[Anonymous]

Your agency may get killed or functions will be simply transferred to different agencies. You may have to move (if your function is moved) or find another job.

[Anonymous]

But it won't happen by EO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your agency may get killed or functions will be simply transferred to different agencies. You may have to move (if your function is moved) or find another job.

Possibly, but you won’t be packing up your bags on January 21st. It won’t happen that quickly, if at all. So chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my agency is in cross hairs. I hear that they may be concerned about regulations or continuity. They might move HQ to South Dakota or something.

But I believe that an unaccountable pair of billionaires who are taking on this task with glee will likely just throw the hand granade and just recommend the agency cease operations. They have no power of course, but Trump stands to attention and issues an EO that Agency N will end on Feb 1.

What do people plan to do? Keep working and ignore crazy? Stay home and risk AWOL designation? File a lawsuit?

Personally I would keep going to work until til I can’t badge in or have another job lined up.

They can’t close agencies by executive order or even regulation. Agencies are created by statute and funded by statute. Some even have statutory requirements for their locations. And Trump’s “nominees” aren’t even nominated yet, let alone confirmed, so they can’t take over on day 1 either.

The freak out is way too early. Chill.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

I agree in theory. But also, the point is chaos. So I do think it’s possible they could send some agency a letter like that. Then, whether they actually have jobs or not would work its way through the court. But what happens in the meantime?

I honestly vacillate from thinking nothing will happen because these guys don’t know how to work in government to everything is on the table because they don’t care if they blow it all up. I guess we shall see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

Not a Troll, just a lowly IT worker at EPA… I don’t write policy or really get into the Govt side of things, I just keep a network of environmental monitoring systems running and love working to help the planet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

I agree in theory. But also, the point is chaos. So I do think it’s possible they could send some agency a letter like that. Then, whether they actually have jobs or not would work its way through the court. But what happens in the meantime?

I honestly vacillate from thinking nothing will happen because these guys don’t know how to work in government to everything is on the table because they don’t care if they blow it all up. I guess we shall see.

probably the jobs remain and everything keeps going on while it works its way through court.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

Not a Troll, just a lowly IT worker at EPA… I don’t write policy or really get into the Govt side of things, I just keep a network of environmental monitoring systems running and love working to help the planet.

stop giving billionaire losers what they want -- your anxiety, panic, and attention.

[Anonymous]

Y’all are overreacting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a fed wrote this. The terms used are all so wrong. It’s just someone trolling.

The president doesn’t have this kind of power.

Not a Troll, just a lowly IT worker at EPA… I don’t write policy or really get into the Govt side of things, I just keep a network of environmental monitoring systems running and love working to help the planet.

stop giving billionaire losers what they want -- your anxiety, panic, and attention.

Well I grew up pretty poor and have no safety net other than our own savings, and the tech market is not hiring and definitely not hiring 52 year old former Feds…