Official Government Shutdown 2023 Thread

[Anonymous]

I’m a fed and if there is a shutdown I’m literally screwed. I have a huge project due and this will screw me to no end. I don’t who these people are rooting for a shut down. My entire team has a timeline and we keep staring at it thinking, well, what happens now?

[Anonymous]

God I hate republicans so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe they intend to use the senate bill to fund the government thru January, not a couple weeks as above poster said. Democrats have been crowing all week about averting a shutdown, so they’ll probably vote for it in the house, I’m sure they can pick off a few republicans to vote for this

Do you have a link on this? Sounds much more hopeful than anything I'm seeing

This!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a fed and if there is a shutdown I’m literally screwed. I have a huge project due and this will screw me to no end. I don’t who these people are rooting for a shut down. My entire team has a timeline and we keep staring at it thinking, well, what happens now?

Gurl bye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to find a last minute cruise that would begin Oct 2-8. Will take my work laptop with me just in case. The last shutdown 35 days long was great but I stayed home. Only live once…

Also, sorry for contractors, but they make 30% more than Fed so they can kiss my a

You sound like a number of my friends who are federal workers. They are literally giddy with excitement for a shutdown. Keep telling everyone "we get a paid vacation!" I don't say a word but I am seeing them in a different light.

I’m looking forward to having the building to myself again. Like during the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There won’t be a shutdown. Sorry to the folks who kept dreaming it would happen.

What makes you so sure

From what I am reading, GOP moderates will save the day.

Which ones are those again?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a fed and if there is a shutdown I’m literally screwed. I have a huge project due and this will screw me to no end. I don’t who these people are rooting for a shut down. My entire team has a timeline and we keep staring at it thinking, well, what happens now?

oh please. I guess you'll just have to adjust your timeframes. I think everyone will understand.

[Anonymous]

Can federal employees apply for unemployment if we are furloughed? Do we qualify if we can't see other jobs, since legal won't be able to approve a second job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to find a last minute cruise that would begin Oct 2-8. Will take my work laptop with me just in case. The last shutdown 35 days long was great but I stayed home. Only live once…

Also, sorry for contractors, but they make 30% more than Fed so they can kiss my a

You sound like a number of my friends who are federal workers. They are literally giddy with excitement for a shutdown. Keep telling everyone "we get a paid vacation!" I don't say a word but I am seeing them in a different light.

I don’t know what your friends do, but they’re lucky. In my role, and my few close friends who are feds, we’re all either exempt (so work with delayed pay) or the queue of work increases in our absence and we have to put in unpaid overtime when the shutdown ends (this is my situation and it sucks). Good for your friends, but lots of us aren’t happy about this at all.

VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a fed and if there is a shutdown I’m literally screwed. I have a huge project due and this will screw me to no end. I don’t who these people are rooting for a shut down. My entire team has a timeline and we keep staring at it thinking, well, what happens now?

I’ve had this happen twice, in 2013 and 2018/19. In 2013 we worked like mad to make up the time. It was awful, but leadership got to say we met the deadline anyway. In 2018/19 it was not possible to make up the time and the schedules adjusted. We were even able to add a couple of weeks of “ramp up” time into it (so instead of 5 weeks later than the initial target, it was 6-7 weeks later). We still had to work like crazy to meet it, but no one asked us to make up that lost time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can federal employees apply for unemployment if we are furloughed? Do we qualify if we can't see other jobs, since legal won't be able to approve a second job?

My understanding is yes but you have to pay it back once you get paid right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can federal employees apply for unemployment if we are furloughed? Do we qualify if we can't see other jobs, since legal won't be able to approve a second job?

No because you will receive back pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There won’t be a shutdown. Sorry to the folks who kept dreaming it would happen.

What makes you so sure

From what I am reading, GOP moderates will save the day.

“GOP moderates” is an oxymoron if there ever was one.

[Anonymous]

Hahahahahaha that’s so funny!

[Anonymous]

I really don’t need this right now. A week off won’t kill me but if this thing stretches on for several pay cycles it’s going to be so stressful.