Working for department of State

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does State need to be so large? These days, diplomacy can be conducted virtually. Trump should cut State by at least 50% by the end of his term.

lol! Oh my lord.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They pay me well, really well, and what is there to hate about that? It all depends on who your boss is and what department you are getting an offer for.

You can't be an actual government employee then. None of those are well paid.

[Anonymous]

They want to get below 6k Civil Service by the end of the FY. I assume RIFs are planned.

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Anonymous wrote:They want to get below 6k Civil Service by the end of the FY. I assume RIFs are planned.

Lol, I bet career DOS employees wish they could go back to the Biden days where they could spend all day writing dissent memos regarding matters that now seem trivial. Too late folks! Uncle Donny is gonna hold you all accountable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They want to get below 6k Civil Service by the end of the FY. I assume RIFs are planned.

Lol, I bet career DOS employees wish they could go back to the Biden days where they could spend all day writing dissent memos regarding matters that now seem trivial. Too late folks! Uncle Donny is gonna hold you all accountable.

Of course you call him uncle. What a simp.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for DOS. It's miserable. I'd say State is probably one of the most stressed-out agencies right now. Morale is at an all-time low. People are retiring and leaving in droves. I'm looking elsewhere. Everyone I know is looking elsewhere.

Lowest it’s been in twenty years. Run by SBOs who generally hate the workforce. Mostly a bunch of Heritage - Vought flunkies. They made a ton of domestic Civil Service cuts and plan to make more. Very limited travel and shoddy equipment. Lots of inefficient reviews needed for the most arcane of things. Everyone has turned to the office and most offices feel like a morgue. I guess HST is busy but the politicals are feeling the pressure of the midterms ahead. They know that if the GOO loses the House, things won’t be great for them and a lot more lights will be shined on their doings.

Bitter, eh? Midterm results won't change anything at state. The gravy train is over. And for good reasons. That's why old guard is upset. Like USAID state was doing things they had no business doing.

What was State doing that had no business doing?

This is USAID, but here you go...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

[Anonymous]

Lot of politicals in the agency who have absolutely no idea how things work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They want to get below 6k Civil Service by the end of the FY. I assume RIFs are planned.

Lol, I bet career DOS employees wish they could go back to the Biden days where they could spend all day writing dissent memos regarding matters that now seem trivial. Too late folks! Uncle Donny is gonna hold you all accountable.

Of course you call him uncle. What a simp.

Ready to take whatever uncle gives him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They want to get below 6k Civil Service by the end of the FY. I assume RIFs are planned.

Source?

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Anonymous wrote:I work for DOS. It's miserable. I'd say State is probably one of the most stressed-out agencies right now. Morale is at an all-time low. People are retiring and leaving in droves. I'm looking elsewhere. Everyone I know is looking elsewhere.

Lowest it’s been in twenty years. Run by SBOs who generally hate the workforce. Mostly a bunch of Heritage - Vought flunkies. They made a ton of domestic Civil Service cuts and plan to make more. Very limited travel and shoddy equipment. Lots of inefficient reviews needed for the most arcane of things. Everyone has turned to the office and most offices feel like a morgue. I guess HST is busy but the politicals are feeling the pressure of the midterms ahead. They know that if the GOO loses the House, things won’t be great for them and a lot more lights will be shined on their doings.

Bitter, eh? Midterm results won't change anything at state. The gravy train is over. And for good reasons. That's why old guard is upset. Like USAID state was doing things they had no business doing.

What was State doing that had no business doing?

This is USAID, but here you go...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

You just suck that recycled propaganda down don’t you?

Can’t believe sterile flies to prevent screw worm infestation and monitoring screw worms in Panama wasn’t on that list. Good job getting rid of that waste if money, eh?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work for DOS. It's miserable. I'd say State is probably one of the most stressed-out agencies right now. Morale is at an all-time low. People are retiring and leaving in droves. I'm looking elsewhere. Everyone I know is looking elsewhere.

Lowest it’s been in twenty years. Run by SBOs who generally hate the workforce. Mostly a bunch of Heritage - Vought flunkies. They made a ton of domestic Civil Service cuts and plan to make more. Very limited travel and shoddy equipment. Lots of inefficient reviews needed for the most arcane of things. Everyone has turned to the office and most offices feel like a morgue. I guess HST is busy but the politicals are feeling the pressure of the midterms ahead. They know that if the GOO loses the House, things won’t be great for them and a lot more lights will be shined on their doings.

Bitter, eh? Midterm results won't change anything at state. The gravy train is over. And for good reasons. That's why old guard is upset. Like USAID state was doing things they had no business doing.

What was State doing that had no business doing?

This is USAID, but here you go...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

Lol thanks for confirming you don’t know anything about State then. Please see yourself out.

[Anonymous]

Civil Service DOS employee here. The cool thing about working for State is the sheer diversity of issues we cover. Any topic or issue area you're interested in that has an international aspect probably has a bureau or office that covers it. Stress levels vary accordingly depending on how high profile an issue is and/or whether it's politically charged.

Also, while we largely escaped major damage in the first Trump Administration, they came in with a game plan this time around. Many offices that were traditionally insulated from political interference are now being led by ideologues, with deeply questionable decisions and policies being implemented as a result.

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure if it’s true for DOS but for lawyers it’s a career ender to join DOJ during Trump. It’s one thing if you’re a career person who stays on. It’s quite another to join now. It’d be viewed as a big negative by major law firms.

[Anonymous]

I think the most frustrating thing about working at State right now is that nothing works. So many contracts have been axed, people let go, people retired or found other jobs, etc. The people who kept the lights on, kept the IT going, ran the print shop, managed the logistics, etc. - everything's either gone or so short-staffed that it might as well be gone. So every time you come into work and need to do something routine, figuring out how to do it is like moving a mountain.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for DOS. It's miserable. I'd say State is probably one of the most stressed-out agencies right now. Morale is at an all-time low. People are retiring and leaving in droves. I'm looking elsewhere. Everyone I know is looking elsewhere.

Lowest it’s been in twenty years. Run by SBOs who generally hate the workforce. Mostly a bunch of Heritage - Vought flunkies. They made a ton of domestic Civil Service cuts and plan to make more. Very limited travel and shoddy equipment. Lots of inefficient reviews needed for the most arcane of things. Everyone has turned to the office and most offices feel like a morgue. I guess HST is busy but the politicals are feeling the pressure of the midterms ahead. They know that if the GOO loses the House, things won’t be great for them and a lot more lights will be shined on their doings.

Bitter, eh? Midterm results won't change anything at state. The gravy train is over. And for good reasons. That's why old guard is upset. Like USAID state was doing things they had no business doing.

What was State doing that had no business doing?

This is USAID, but here you go...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

Lol thanks for confirming you don’t know anything about State then. Please see yourself out.

I work there, sorry.