Well paid government employees who can't afford a one or two week shutdown

[Anonymous]

Surely you understand that many Feds are excepted and working without pay, and also no one wants to hire someone who might quit the next day. But yes - some ATCs are leaving their shifts to drive uber, according to WTOP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet in Covid I was walked out door at start, kid in college. Three kids, oldest in college and stay at home mom wife and a mortgage,

Took me three years and two months to get back to old level of job. So shocked people can’t make it a two weeks.

Feds are allowed to work other jobs, why aren’t they working? Are they just sitting home? I was doing other jobs while out of work

Are you this dumb IRL?

[Anonymous]

I’m shocked how people with two incomes don’t have emergency savings.

[Anonymous]

Agree. The majority of people are terrible with money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet in Covid I was walked out door at start, kid in college. Three kids, oldest in college and stay at home mom wife and a mortgage,

Took me three years and two months to get back to old level of job. So shocked people can’t make it a two weeks.

Feds are allowed to work other jobs, why aren’t they working? Are they just sitting home? I was doing other jobs while out of work

i'm not allowed to work another job unless cleared by ethics first. i'm not actually sure if those folks are working; and of course if they are, they are working without pay and with no ability to seek other employment themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m shocked how people with two incomes don’t have emergency savings.

For a young family that has kids in daycare, burned a mountain of cash for a down payment, I think you are very out of touch with why there is so much anger about inequality these days.

First off, many Feds are married to lower income earners, such as teacher — they need someone with a more local job than the HoCo commute to HQ in DC. (This is like half my office). Not everyone is a dual GS15.

That is just not enough spare income to build up 2 months of mortgage and daycare and living expenses in any reasonable time. And you can’t drop daycare because it’s usually a year long waitlist to join.

[Anonymous]

Can we stop victim blaming? Housing is historically unaffordable, high inflation, wealth concentrated at the tip by billionaires. That’s the story here.

[Anonymous]

OP, there are so many people with terrible money management. Unless they grew up in a family that talked about money and had enough money that they were able to save and teach their kids to do the same, they don’t have that mentality or knowledge. What seems basic to you isn’t basic to everyone.

If you plan to get married one day, this is an important issue to be aligned on with your spouse. It’s good for you to learn now that not everyone handles their money the same way you do.

[Anonymous]

Oh and if we use our emergency savings then what happens if there is an emergency? We are both working without pay. It is very stressful there is no end in sight. So as mentioned several times in this thread stop worrying about other peoples’ money and have some compassion. There is no end in sight. Shocker most people don’t work for free and have indefinite savings, even those smug ones in the private sector. For what it’s worth in 2013 my student loans were $900 a month. Paid off now and replaced by tuition and college savings and medical bills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet in Covid I was walked out door at start, kid in college. Three kids, oldest in college and stay at home mom wife and a mortgage,

Took me three years and two months to get back to old level of job. So shocked people can’t make it a two weeks.

Feds are allowed to work other jobs, why aren’t they working? Are they just sitting home? I was doing other jobs while out of work

i'm not allowed to work another job unless cleared by ethics first. i'm not actually sure if those folks are working; and of course if they are, they are working without pay and with no ability to seek other employment themselves.

Bull shit. You can’t uber, taskrabbit, dog walking, baby sitting, door dash?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone is a 13/14/15. Married two fed household, neither of us are 13 or higher (we are lower GS levels).

We live well within our means and have investments but our life is lived planning on pay for jobs we have. We have our first baby on the way So expenses have gone up.

The only thing we can do is use savings, which to be honest, I had hoped to use someto turn into savings for my child so we could start him on a good footing for college. The long term impact for a family like us of this instability is pretty disheartening. It isn't always so cut and dry.

. This is ridiculous. Talk to me when you are also paying for piano lessons, two sets of braces or have a kid about to go to college in the next couple of years. It does not take much to change from the comfort of where you are to completely wrung out. Life happens and paycheck flies out the window especially in dc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone is a 13/14/15. Married two fed household, neither of us are 13 or higher (we are lower GS levels).

We live well within our means and have investments but our life is lived planning on pay for jobs we have. We have our first baby on the way So expenses have gone up.

The only thing we can do is use savings, which to be honest, I had hoped to use someto turn into savings for my child so we could start him on a good footing for college. The long term impact for a family like us of this instability is pretty disheartening. It isn't always so cut and dry.

. This is ridiculous. Talk to me when you are also paying for piano lessons, two sets of braces or have a kid about to go to college in the next couple of years. It does not take much to change from the comfort of where you are to completely wrung out. Life happens and paycheck flies out the window especially in dc.

. Oops that reply was not meant for you, it was meant for the smug person. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me say first I totally oppose the shutdown and think the Reublicans driving it are insane and idiotic.

Having said that...I have a lot of friends who are gs 13 to 15, single with no kids, who are saying they cannot afford to miss a paycheck.

Wtf? Really? Do people who get paid over 100 thou and have no dependents really have no emergency savings?

Am I the only one thinking when people say this, "um, take this as a sign you should reconstruct your budget so you are saving more?"

FYI, I am a gs 13, no kids, and I have a three month emergency fund.

One of the friends who was stressing about the shutdown last night spent sixty bucks on dinner, ordered two drinks, went to a movie after, etc. I nodded sympathetically but really wanted to say, "so drink water, order a ten dollar appetizer, and go home and watch TV."

It surprises you to learn a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet in Covid I was walked out door at start, kid in college. Three kids, oldest in college and stay at home mom wife and a mortgage,

Took me three years and two months to get back to old level of job. So shocked people can’t make it a two weeks.

Feds are allowed to work other jobs, why aren’t they working? Are they just sitting home? I was doing other jobs while out of work

i'm not allowed to work another job unless cleared by ethics first. i'm not actually sure if those folks are working; and of course if they are, they are working without pay and with no ability to seek other employment themselves.

Bull shit. You can’t uber, taskrabbit, dog walking, baby sitting, door dash?

Not without ethics approval.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet in Covid I was walked out door at start, kid in college. Three kids, oldest in college and stay at home mom wife and a mortgage,

Took me three years and two months to get back to old level of job. So shocked people can’t make it a two weeks.

Feds are allowed to work other jobs, why aren’t they working? Are they just sitting home? I was doing other jobs while out of work

i'm not allowed to work another job unless cleared by ethics first. i'm not actually sure if those folks are working; and of course if they are, they are working without pay and with no ability to seek other employment themselves.

Bull shit. You can’t uber, taskrabbit, dog walking, baby sitting, door dash?

You cannot without getting clearance from the ethics office. Most of whom are also shut down. Why are ignoramuses posting here?