Anonymous
02/15/2025 18:00
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too
That's one of the positive outcomes in my opinion. Private schools locally will tank, there are too many anyhow, and when you have educated parents reinvolved with public schools they will flourish.
Plus, super easy to become a substitute teacher to make a least part of the money to pay bills.
How many feds can afford to send their kids to private schools?
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:59
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too
That's one of the positive outcomes in my opinion. Private schools locally will tank, there are too many anyhow, and when you have educated parents reinvolved with public schools they will flourish.
Plus, super easy to become a substitute teacher to make a least part of the money to pay bills.
I don’t see that happening. Sure, private school will fall out of range for some families, but there are more than enough wealthy types to keep them well-stocked.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:59
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a lawyer in private practice and need to hire paralegals. Those jobs are in demand. Professional skills may transfer from government jobs. We pay well in legal.
How much do you pay paralegals?
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:58
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Probably in the service jobs mass deportation will free up. Literally, that’s the only thing I can come up with and it’s grim.
I don’t see anyone doing that.
Neither do I. That’s why we have this issue in the first place.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:56
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too
That's one of the positive outcomes in my opinion. Private schools locally will tank, there are too many anyhow, and when you have educated parents reinvolved with public schools they will flourish.
Plus, super easy to become a substitute teacher to make a least part of the money to pay bills.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:53
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:52
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Probably in the service jobs mass deportation will free up. Literally, that’s the only thing I can come up with and it’s grim.
Right... how am I supposed to pay a mortgage on a service job. Also, a bit strange you would even want someone in service with a PhD in physics.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:51
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:FCPS I think has an open house re teaching
That’s another job you can’t just walk into. You need, at the very least, to be on a path toward certification. That requires taking courses, etc.
You can sub.
There are plenty of admin openings at gatehouse, along with school based roles and FCPS has a provisional licensure program. It might not be viable for people
Making GS 13+ money but it’s definitely not school based only
I’m aware of the provisional program. I went through a very similar one in another county. It took me a year, several licensure exams, student teaching experience, and 9 credits.
And those admin positions… you’ll be up against the many teachers fleeing the classroom right now. They have education experience on their resumes and understand the field well.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:50
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am all for increasing efficiency and not tolerating poor performance (to be clear, I think those cases are uncommon), but it seems to be that a slower, more measured approach to reducing government size would’ve been more effective. I am genuinely confused when these huge swaths of people are supposed to find employment - especially when the private sector / contractors are also doing layoffs.
What is the plan? We as a country also can’t sustain a significant chunk of the population being out of work…
Stack ranking eventually the middle person gets chopped.
And high performing teams get the biggest cuts as a result.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:50
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Walmart managers can can make over $200,000. Walmart promotes from within Walmart prefers to hire college graduates to these positions but many many people which is high school degrees get promoted to Walmart managers if they have the right hustle.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:50
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
I am going to try to find a job at a bakery. Baking is a big hobby of mine, and while I can’t earn no money at all, I don’t really need to earn my former salary, since I am married.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:50
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Education. Teachers have been fleeing in droves.
That’s because the same people tearing down our government have been attacking them for decades but have really amped it up since the pandemic.
We have a huge doctor shortage, but federal aid is unlikely to pay for med school moving forward. This isn’t about shifting professions. It’s about punishing people and making us willing to take any level of abuse in exchange for a minimally acceptable paycheck
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:50
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:I am all for increasing efficiency and not tolerating poor performance (to be clear, I think those cases are uncommon), but it seems to be that a slower, more measured approach to reducing government size would’ve been more effective. I am genuinely confused when these huge swaths of people are supposed to find employment - especially when the private sector / contractors are also doing layoffs.
What is the plan? We as a country also can’t sustain a significant chunk of the population being out of work…
Stack ranking eventually the middle person gets chopped.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:49
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
My backup plan is to drive a school bus. Seriously.
Anonymous
02/15/2025 17:49
Subject: Where are the laid off feds supposed to work?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seriously, look at a second degree nursing program. By the time your fork money ends you will be close to finished.
I’m not a fed but I am seriously considering this. From my research, though, they take several years?
+1 yes, several years