Were lots of DC-area professionals overpaid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get back to us when your whole industry goes away, OP.

This. The job market in this geographic area is damaged by DOGE and the job market in her specific field was destroyed. That doesn't mean she was overpaid for the work she did before that happened. It means the world changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a clickbait article, especially with that headline. Sure, some people were overpaid as they are in many sectors of the economy.

But lots of federal jobs are necessary and beneficial to our country without a private sector equivalent. That’s why former feds are struggling to translate their work experience to other jobs.

This woman is an outlier with her high pay.

I don't know if she's an outlier because she's not a fed. Somebody in her non-government organization decided that was a fair salary.

[Anonymous]

IDK 272K is outrageous for a non-profit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IDK 272K is outrageous for a non-profit.

From what I understand, it's kinda low. Look up what the heads of big national nonprofits make.

[Anonymous]

She should have invested wisely and could be retired by now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IDK 272K is outrageous for a non-profit.

From what I understand, it's kinda low. Look up what the heads of big national nonprofits make.

Or Association Executives.

[Anonymous]

I know some people aren't going to like hearing this but USAID wasn't just feeding poor kids in Africa. That was only a tiny percentage of USAID work and actually still goes on under State.

Most of USAID was pet projects and donor causes f9r liberals and an entire NGO industry grew up around it, often started by former USAIDers. And when something like that happens, you find a lot of cronyism. It's sort of comparable to big city government machines finding plum jobs and sinecures for their supporters. And it went unchecked and unregulated, so admin salaries at the NGOs exploded. Some founders became quite rich acting as contractors. And while some good projects happened, a lot of it was dubious and just another way to slosh billions around consultants and contractors with people feeding from the trough both in DC and on the ground overseas and the % that actually ended up being used for genuinely good outcomes is much smaller than most people realize. And USAID was definitely used to indirectly send money undercover to entities overseas.

USAID did become a liberal sinecure entity, using taxpayer dollars to effectively reward liberal supporters and connections. It's why the Trump administration moved so fast to shut it down. And it's also why no one is missing USAID. Only maybe 1% genuinely ended up helping villagers in developing countries.

I'm sorry for the people in the article but the whole industry was rampant with cronyism and out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a story in the NY Times about the dramatic decline in fortunes of some workers following the collapse of USAID. This is not to be harsh, but if you were making $272,000 a year at a nonprofit, and now you're interviewing for $19-an-hour retail jobs, isn't that a clear indication from the broader job market that you were overpaid?

People over here are drastically disillusioned by how tax receipts support their cushy lifestyles off the backs of hard working Americans. The rest of us make much less.

Some of the posts here are nauseating: “Omg we have to share an office.” “Omg we have to write an email.” “Omg we actually have to go to the office.” “Omg we should never be laid off as government employees that’s for civilian pions”

[Anonymous]

I actually do think this particular woman was overpaid. But I don't think everyone who lost their jobs when US AID was shut down was overpaid. There were plenty of people making 100-150k (or less) for full time jobs requiring masters degrees, language skills, and foreign experience, who lost their jobs and have really struggled to find work because it just doesn't exist anymore.

This woman is a terrible poster child for them, it sucks that she did this interview because she comes off poorly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually do think this particular woman was overpaid. But I don't think everyone who lost their jobs when US AID was shut down was overpaid. There were plenty of people making 100-150k (or less) for full time jobs requiring masters degrees, language skills, and foreign experience, who lost their jobs and have really struggled to find work because it just doesn't exist anymore.

This woman is a terrible poster child for them, it sucks that she did this interview because she comes off poorly.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a story in the NY Times about the dramatic decline in fortunes of some workers following the collapse of USAID. This is not to be harsh, but if you were making $272,000 a year at a nonprofit, and now you're interviewing for $19-an-hour retail jobs, isn't that a clear indication from the broader job market that you were overpaid?

People over here are drastically disillusioned by how tax receipts support their cushy lifestyles off the backs of hard working Americans. The rest of us make much less.

Some of the posts here are nauseating: “Omg we have to share an office.” “Omg we have to write an email.” “Omg we actually have to go to the office.” “Omg we should never be laid off as government employees that’s for civilian pions”

People "over here"? Where are you?

I'm convinced most of the posters on the jobs forum are not in the DC area and have no idea what a professional non-sales office is like.

[Anonymous]

Yes, she was extremely overpaid

[Anonymous]

Her LinkedIn is terrible

[Anonymous]

It's obscene that we are debating this while the US is burning a BILLION DOLLARS A DAY on a pointless war.

[Anonymous]

Short answer — yes

There is going to be a severe repricing of dc area non-blue collar “labor” over the next decade