Fed Government Shutdown 2025: non-political thread

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Anonymous wrote:They also hope feds that have options quit.

I think this is the reason they want to drag this out. Terrify us and get more attrition.

A week into this Trump/Johnson shutdown, I realize that I did not realize how exhausted I am. Mentally. Physically. Not looking for sympathy.
Truly saddened by the assault on our democratic system of governance, imperfect as it is, and the enormity of the resulting harm.

I am too. I am angry at the left because their extreme policies have led the country to vote for Trump.

This is what happens when the left took the country too far left, where merely referring to another person by the wrong pronoun would be treated as a violent assault.

But that never happened. It's like being angry at your spouse because you dreamed about them cheating - it's entirely in your head.

That isn't entirely true. There was a push for compelled speech that started in 2020 with BLM and was being further extended with the expectation of using correct pronouns

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/514251-how-silence-is-violence-threatens-true-free-speech-and-public-civility/

That link is way off topic. But here's an anecdote: I am a woo-woo lefty with family members who use non-standard pronouns and I have never put my pronouns in my email signature. Not once, not with any employer. My agency issued a standard template with space for that, and I simply removed the line for pronouns. No one said a thing. I have been promoted a couple times since then. It's fine.

Imagine throwing a complete tantrum over "forced speech" instead of simply not doing the thing you didn't want to do.

Ditto by god son is he/they. I never changed my signature line. My work did not care or say anything. But now if I were to put pronouns in my signature line I would be fired.

It's the old game of blaming them for what you do .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also hope feds that have options quit.

I think this is the reason they want to drag this out. Terrify us and get more attrition.

A week into this Trump/Johnson shutdown, I realize that I did not realize how exhausted I am. Mentally. Physically. Not looking for sympathy.
Truly saddened by the assault on our democratic system of governance, imperfect as it is, and the enormity of the resulting harm.

I am too. I am angry at the left because their extreme policies have led the country to vote for Trump.

This is what happens when the left took the country too far left, where merely referring to another person by the wrong pronoun would be treated as a violent assault.

But that never happened. It's like being angry at your spouse because you dreamed about them cheating - it's entirely in your head.

That isn't entirely true. There was a push for compelled speech that started in 2020 with BLM and was being further extended with the expectation of using correct pronouns

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/514251-how-silence-is-violence-threatens-true-free-speech-and-public-civility/

This opinion piece isn’t about pronouns in email signatures. I’ve never put my pronouns in my email signature and it was never an issue. I’ve never heard any complaints about pronouns and email signatures until Trump issued a mandate about email signatures.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/federal-employees-told-remove-pronouns-email-signatures-end/story?id=118310483

I guess concerns about free speech stopped in January.

My agency pressured employees to include their pronouns in email signatures. I included my pronouns because I was afraid about the potential consequences for not complying. We were also required to use gender neutral language and attend countless trainings to “educate” us about gender, equity, and other woke concepts. I complied, but I took a stand at the ballot box and voted for Trump. While I’m not entirely fond of Trump’s policies, I prefer him over the alternative.

What on earth? I’m at one of the most “lefty” agencies and we had nothing like this. Some people did it on their own but most didn’t. I wish it was standard because I deal with so many international names that I have no basis to know what gender they are.

[Anonymous]

stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

[Anonymous]

I’m a fed at an agency where about 98% of the workforce is furloughed. The Friday before shutdown an urgent project came up and my manager asked if I’d be willing to lead it / work during shutdown. I agreed - I didn’t really see a way to say no - and kind of regret agreeing. While I want my colleagues to be paid, it’s really hard knowing that they will be paid the same as me even though I’m working (and working a lot). This project will take a few more weeks to complete so I’m not sure whether shutdown is I’ll end or the project will be done first. I assume shutdown will end first; but who knows!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I think they'll come to some deal next week, though the actual vote might not get done by the end of that week. There's no news because of other global events.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. I’m working without getting paid and can’t earn overtime. I’m teleworking. I did take a sick day (for a previously scheduled procedure) and now don’t have to lose the sick time. I had planned a sick day the following day too; but worked a few hours. Otherwise it’s been 6-8 hr days. Yesterday I realized was closer to 9. I’m hoping I can keep tomorrow a bit shorter, and we’re not working Monday (holiday).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

So the Republicans are voting against the continuing resolution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp here. I’m working without getting paid and can’t earn overtime. I’m teleworking. I did take a sick day (for a previously scheduled procedure) and now don’t have to lose the sick time. I had planned a sick day the following day too; but worked a few hours. Otherwise it’s been 6-8 hr days. Yesterday I realized was closer to 9. I’m hoping I can keep tomorrow a bit shorter, and we’re not working Monday (holiday).

I have to show up to work and I’m not allowed to work on anything.

Unless there’s a catastrophic incident, I’m not supposed to work on it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

i see. only positive is guess is we'll pay less tax next year due to 30-40% income drop haha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

So the Republicans are voting against the continuing resolution?

Huh - there's the GOP clean CR - Dems (save for 3 of them) are voting against that one. That's the one being voted on over and over daily. There's a Dem bill also that lays out what Dems want w ACA - GOP is voting against that one, but that one doesn't get voted on daily.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

So the Republicans are voting against the continuing resolution?

Republicans lack the votes to pass the CR under current rules, and have declined to change the rules such that they could pass it with the votes they have. When you don't have the votes, you get to negotiate something more people can support.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

So the Republicans are voting against the continuing resolution?

Huh - there's the GOP clean CR - Dems (save for 3 of them) are voting against that one. That's the one being voted on over and over daily. There's a Dem bill also that lays out what Dems want w ACA - GOP is voting against that one, but that one doesn't get voted on daily.

Both bills have been voted on 7 times. That means there has been a vote on 6 out of the 7 "business" days of the shutdown, which is pretty close to daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a fed at an agency where about 98% of the workforce is furloughed. The Friday before shutdown an urgent project came up and my manager asked if I’d be willing to lead it / work during shutdown. I agreed - I didn’t really see a way to say no - and kind of regret agreeing. While I want my colleagues to be paid, it’s really hard knowing that they will be paid the same as me even though I’m working (and working a lot). This project will take a few more weeks to complete so I’m not sure whether shutdown is I’ll end or the project will be done first. I assume shutdown will end first; but who knows!

If your manager has any sense of fairness they will give you a time off award.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:stop political posts pls. it's being too quiet today. no news is good news or the opposite? i *need* the shutdown to be over asap for financial reasons.
- not a fed

I mean there's no news bc nothing is happening - there was another vote today on the same CR, it failed. Supposedly some bipartisan type talks happening but amongst lower ranked senators - not leadership.

It will be interesting to see whether Johnson will be willing to push whatever deal is reached through the house.