jindc wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a contractor and the DoD agency I support is pretty specific in its policy that the work of the furloughed worker cannot just be picked up by a contractor or another government employee not on furlough. The point is that it's work that just isn't getting done.

This is CLEARLY not the case even though it's the law.

There is a massive push to leave the government - everyone I know who is a young, hardworking, and talented employee is spending a LOT of time looking for other work.

In 1-2 years, we'll all be gone and the gov't will be left with those who can't get a better job, aren't motivated enough, or are just counting down until retirement.

There is a massive push to leave the government - everyone I know who is a young, hardworking, and talented employee is spending a LOT of time looking for other work.

In 1-2 years, we'll all be gone and the gov't will be left with those who can't get a better job, aren't motivated enough, or are just counting down until retirement.


You have an overinflated sense of your own importance. There will always be talented people ready to fill your shoes when you want to leave. Have you read the threads about people wanting to score an interview with the Feds lately? Probably not. You're too good for that.

It is foolish to think you are irreplaceable. Try not to take such an attitude with you to your next job.

And no, I'm not a Fed. I just think you're obnoxious.

jindc wrote:I have read the threads and believe its because they haven't yet been Feds. There's incredibly poor morale. Those who can leave, are. If you don't think there is a brain drain, you aren't looking around.
Doesn't matter if I annoy you, and. You don't have to agree. And I am not important, I just know I don't want to be stuck on a sinking ship!

(and technically I am irreplaceable because there is a severe hiring freeze)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the commute was fantastic - but I am sorry for all the people who are taking a cut.

I could not imagine taking a 10 - 20% paycut. And if you have a spouse in government as well.

I am angry with leaders in both agencies and in Senate / House who could not figure out how to make it work.

It's a 20% cut for three months not for the whole year. That works out to 5% for the year. Sucks, but better than not having a job.

You are both correct and incorrect. It is a 20% cute for the next three months. There will be deeper cuts for next year and the next. Sequestration is 10 years of deep cuts that are pretty arbitrary. So agencies that got off the hook this FY potentially could be furloughed next. 10 years of paycuts. That is HUGE.

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If they would only fire half the lazy and useless government secretaries they could keep the people that actually work.

jindc wrote:I have read the threads and believe its because they haven't yet been Feds. There's incredibly poor morale. Those who can leave, are. If you don't think there is a brain drain, you aren't looking around.
Doesn't matter if I annoy you, and. You don't have to agree. And I am not important, I just know I don't want to be stuck on a sinking ship!

(and technically I am irreplaceable because there is a severe hiring freeze)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the commute was fantastic - but I am sorry for all the people who are taking a cut.

I could not imagine taking a 10 - 20% paycut. And if you have a spouse in government as well.

I am angry with leaders in both agencies and in Senate / House who could not figure out how to make it work.

It's a 20% cut for three months not for the whole year. That works out to 5% for the year. Sucks, but better than not having a job.