Still sad about leaving the federal government

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I couldve written this. I feel seen.

+1

[Anonymous]

If it’s any consolation, it sucks to still be here dealing with these politicals (different type of people than trump 1.0), and the uncertainty of RIFs still to come. But given that our department is likely to be RIFd any day now, I’m sticking it out a bit longer so I don’t lose my severance. It would be a huge amount of money for me, so I’m willing to put up with this a little while longer if that’s what it takes.

[Anonymous]

I have a sibling (incidentally a Republican but not a Trump supporter) who spent their whole career — 40 years — as a fed in one agency because they believed the work was inportant. The agency is now being drstpyed, my sibling is retiring and I think it is permanently affecting their outlook on life to feel that their life’s work is being dismantled in this way. It’s all very sad and it’s okay to feel sad about it. It’s normal to be upset and I wouldn’t expect that feeling to ever go away, although you may learn to live with it differently as time passes.

[Anonymous]

I feel the same as you.

[Anonymous]

I’ve become so disillusioned with my fed job, and how they treated long time, loyal and hardworking employees, I’m interviewing with a contractor I used to police. Screw it, why not.

[Anonymous]

I work in private sector and got laid off in a traumatic way and i have to say it was years before I got over it . It really scars you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in private sector and got laid off in a traumatic way and i have to say it was years before I got over it . It really scars you.

I was laid off in a pretty normal way in the private sector and it really threw me for a loop for years. I functioned just fine, but there was a layer of anger about it that it took a long time to shake. I can't imagine the emotions of feds right now.

Sorry for everybody going through this.

[Anonymous]

I’m still in my Fed job but my agency is not at all what it used to be. I feel sad for the loss of what it was, for my coworkers who left, for our management that was forced out.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to actually having to work for a living. It’s only going to get worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to actually having to work for a living. It’s only going to get worse.

I honestly hate posters like this idiot. Even with no knowledge, mouth keeps running.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m still in my Fed job but my agency is not at all what it used to be. I feel sad for the loss of what it was, for my coworkers who left, for our management that was forced out.

So do I but it’s comforting to know others are grieving too and that I’m not overreacting. I am typically unemotional but this loss is hitting me very hard. My agency is a shell of what it was— I am heartbroken.

[Anonymous]

These former feds and their kids are staging "Camp Democracy".

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[Anonymous]

I’m a former fed and left for different opportunities so my situation is different. But, it was still very hard to walk out that door. I had such great formative experiences during those years.

Time passed and that feeling is long gone. I look back at it fondly and it’s still an important part of my life but no pangs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a sibling (incidentally a Republican but not a Trump supporter) who spent their whole career — 40 years — as a fed in one agency because they believed the work was inportant. The agency is now being drstpyed, my sibling is retiring and I think it is permanently affecting their outlook on life to feel that their life’s work is being dismantled in this way. It’s all very sad and it’s okay to feel sad about it. It’s normal to be upset and I wouldn’t expect that feeling to ever go away, although you may learn to live with it differently as time passes.

I have a friend in the non-profit sector who is also watching everything they have worked for in the past 30 years be dismantled. Who needs clean air and water?

[Anonymous]

You’re getting the same responses because we chose those careers because we wanted to make a difference and do good. I feel the same.

And to all the DOGE and MAGAts, I got a remote position that pays a lot more. The good people will leave.

But I grieve waking up everyday motivated by the mission and all we were doing to help people. It’s painful.