National Day of Mourning will be Jan 9th

[Anonymous]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/30/executive-order-providing-for-the-closing-of-executive-departments-and-agencies-of-the-federal-government-on-january-9-2025/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this day of mourning off for all Federal employees, or just the ones that normally go into the office in DC?

Probably everyone, but if you are an in-office person in the DC metro area, definitely. We also would have been off if inauguration day had been a working day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think government employees are getting the day off.

Well, that didn’t age well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think government employees are getting the day off.

Well, that didn’t age well.

Happy I was wrong!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my god, do you people ever work?

When the government is off, federal contractors don't get paid. I have to use up my leave or take an unpaid day off whenever the government decides to give its worker random extra days off. There was just one on 12/24, too.

Why didn’t you make better choices with your life?

Not everyone is a minority, a veteran, or wants to lie about being disabled. I hope you’re handling your “depression” well this holiday season.

Or be highly skilled and trained, and be willing to work for the federal government. People with advanced degrees are not having to lie about being disabled, and they do not have to have vet or minority status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think government employees are getting the day off.

Well, that didn’t age well.

+1. Federal agencies are closed.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/federal-holiday-agencies-close-jan-9-jimmy-carter-funeral

[Anonymous]

Since my kid's in school, I'll probably work anyway. I have to check to see if we can claim comp time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since my kid's in school, I'll probably work anyway. I have to check to see if we can claim comp time.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since my kid's in school, I'll probably work anyway. I have to check to see if we can claim comp time.

Not the way that works.

[Anonymous]

Well you will get off when T dies too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my god, do you people ever work?

When the government is off, federal contractors don't get paid. I have to use up my leave or take an unpaid day off whenever the government decides to give its worker random extra days off. There was just one on 12/24, too.

You make quite a bit more as a contractor than direct hire feds so you can pound sand.

Whatever, I’ve seen the GS scale and I know plenty of two fed families with vacation homes, no student loans, annual trips to exotic locations. You make bank and your benefits are great. I’m so tired of the woe is me BS we get from Feds here. You all make a good salary, great benefits, basically unlimited annual leave, tons of days off, they pay off your loans, and you can’t get fired. Not bad.

Clearly you don’t actually know Feds for real. Those of high up the GS scale do well, yes, but most of us could find jobs in the private sector making more. We know because we work in the same industry with those people. And our benefits are no better than those private sector white collar workers. And we don’t get unlimited annual leave at all. And our number of days off isn’t too different from the private sector. And most of us do not get loans paid off. The only thing you got right is the part about job security. Everything else is made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well you will get off when T dies too.

The celebrations will be lit.

[Anonymous]

What this means is if you had a downtown DC appointment the 9th change it. Traffic and Metro nor a good thing. Places will close. Remember Reagan funeral?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What this means is if you had a downtown DC appointment the 9th change it. Traffic and Metro nor a good thing. Places will close. Remember Reagan funeral?

Given that Reagan died over 20 years ago, I’m assuming a majority dcum posters either didn’t live in the area at that time or weren’t in a position to be impacted.

It’s weird how you keep referencing Reagan’s death as a barometer instead of the far more contemporary death of George HW Bush.

[Anonymous]

Laying in state will start 7pm on the 7th