Government Shutdown - Sep 2025 Thread

[Anonymous]

I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19 year tenured Fed here and I am actually looking forward to the “paid vacation” from this hell-hole of a federal job. I would leave if I wasn’t so chained in with the golden handcuffs at this point, but I am thrilled to have a few days off without having to report to the office and the depths of satans lair.

Nearly 20 yrs in too. I’d have the same attitude if I didn’t have the threat of a RIF hanging over my head. What makes you so sure this is just a temporary absence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

Get off this thread and go back to whatever hole you crawled out from.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a different pp and I am on vacation! It’s very nice not being in America for this and getting a bonus of not having my leave used up. I’m going to take off the beginning of October every year!! 😂

what makes you think you will be paid while furloughed? It is not a given.

Because Congress passed a bill in 2019 stating Fed workers will receive back pay during shutdowns! It is a given unless Trump and Vought break the law, which I wouldn’t put it past them.

Given their track record, I don’t expect them to respect this law AT ALL.

+1 budget for furlough without pay.
And then hear Trump brag about how much money he saved

Absolutely they aren't paying. My DH is a fed and he's being so weirdly nonchalant about this as if he's sure he'll get paid because there is a law. i work in a sector that has been devestated by illegal actions of this administration and think that's incredibly naive.

The latest shutdown memo from OPM says people will be paid.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/reference-materials/special-instructions-for-agencies-affected-by-a-possible-lapse-in-appropriations-starting-on-10-1-2025/

It says “based on laws currently in effect.” I look forward to the long court case about what happens when they change it and try to apply it retroactively. It’s like recessions but for furloughs!

You expect whatever the Hill negotiates to be a bill that removes retroactive pay for federal employees? In other words, you think the Democrats will vote to end the shutdown for less than they started with?

Even if Republicans blow up the filibuster and pass a bill solo, you realize congressional employees ALSO aren’t being paid during this shutdown, right? Will Congress decide not to pay their staff?

[Anonymous]

Spouse and many colleagues and friends will be working throughout this, without benefit of paycheck. Not everyone is hanging out at home!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

F*ck off magat.

[Anonymous]

I left with VERA and retired effective at midnight last night. And still received a furlough notice this morning!

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Anonymous wrote:I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

Right? He’s going to need all that money for more gold leaf in his ballroom.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

Right? He’s going to need all that money for more gold leaf in his ballroom.

Don't forget the golf trips and just blatantly shoving it into his own pockets.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a different pp and I am on vacation! It’s very nice not being in America for this and getting a bonus of not having my leave used up. I’m going to take off the beginning of October every year!! 😂

what makes you think you will be paid while furloughed? It is not a given.

Because Congress passed a bill in 2019 stating Fed workers will receive back pay during shutdowns! It is a given unless Trump and Vought break the law, which I wouldn’t put it past them.

Given their track record, I don’t expect them to respect this law AT ALL.

+1 budget for furlough without pay.
And then hear Trump brag about how much money he saved

Absolutely they aren't paying. My DH is a fed and he's being so weirdly nonchalant about this as if he's sure he'll get paid because there is a law. i work in a sector that has been devestated by illegal actions of this administration and think that's incredibly naive.

The latest shutdown memo from OPM says people will be paid.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/reference-materials/special-instructions-for-agencies-affected-by-a-possible-lapse-in-appropriations-starting-on-10-1-2025/

It says “based on laws currently in effect.” I look forward to the long court case about what happens when they change it and try to apply it retroactively. It’s like recessions but for furloughs!

You expect whatever the Hill negotiates to be a bill that removes retroactive pay for federal employees? In other words, you think the Democrats will vote to end the shutdown for less than they started with?

Even if Republicans blow up the filibuster and pass a bill solo, you realize congressional employees ALSO aren’t being paid during this shutdown, right? Will Congress decide not to pay their staff?

Hard to imagine Congress would actually choose not to pay air traffic controllers, TSA, etc. But you never know these days.

[Anonymous]

Anyone seen the HUD web page?

We’re going to need a presidential crimes commission for when this regime is ousted.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope he fires you all so we don’t have to pay you.

Right? He’s going to need all that money for more gold leaf in his ballroom.

Don't forget the golf trips and just blatantly shoving it into his own pockets.

It certainly isn’t going back in the PP’s pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my agency we have received no instructions as to what to do this morning. This is very different from past shutdowns and shutdown scares.

My DH just texted me the same- crickets at his agency. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Most of my staff is getting furloughed, and probably RIFed. I am probably safe, but if not will land on my feet.

Any suggestions for small gifts to furloughed staff that I can pickup from wholefoods? Maybe chocolate and coffee beans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of my staff is getting furloughed, and probably RIFed. I am probably safe, but if not will land on my feet.

Any suggestions for small gifts to furloughed staff that I can pickup from wholefoods? Maybe chocolate and coffee beans?

Uh no.