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Anonymous wrote:Go back and check some of the other posts, e.g., shutdowns, and you'll see no one here has any clue. So many were clutching their pearls over a shutdown this year they were SURE was going to happen. It didn't.

Same with the previous year.

We'll see what happens. Trump talks a lot out of his a$$, and on the list of things that *will* happen, firing the majority of federal employees is very unlikely. And if you have to return to the office, be glad you got to have the past 4 1/2 years without a commute, saving on those transportation costs, many federal employees saving on before and after care for their school-age kids. Heck a lot of employees didn't even do daycare for their young kids, I was in the meetings listening to the toddler in the background.

You've also saved a lot of leave. Didn't have to take the day off with a sick kid, didn't have to take half a day to take a kid to an appointment, attend a school event, or going to your own appointments.

But if you feel firings will happen, please polish up your resume, update your Linked in and start hustling.

Good advice!

Anonymous wrote:Go back and check some of the other posts, e.g., shutdowns, and you'll see no one here has any clue. So many were clutching their pearls over a shutdown this year they were SURE was going to happen. It didn't.

Same with the previous year.

We'll see what happens. Trump talks a lot out of his a$$, and on the list of things that *will* happen, firing the majority of federal employees is very unlikely. And if you have to return to the office, be glad you got to have the past 4 1/2 years without a commute, saving on those transportation costs, many federal employees saving on before and after care for their school-age kids. Heck a lot of employees didn't even do daycare for their young kids, I was in the meetings listening to the toddler in the background.

You've also saved a lot of leave. Didn't have to take the day off with a sick kid, didn't have to take half a day to take a kid to an appointment, attend a school event, or going to your own appointments.

But if you feel firings will happen, please polish up your resume, update your Linked in and start hustling.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'm worried. It's hard to figure out how to make a career pivot as a specialist in your 40s, but if all the feds in my field get laid off, the private job market will be gutted, overwhelmed, or both. My spouse only makes 65k in education, and we have kids, so we can't get by without my job long term. I have a project under review right now that could get me fired on its own (totally noncontroversial currently, but doesn't align with Project 2025).

Thinking about boosting the emergency fund over the next few months, what I'll do if they make us sign loyalty pledges, and all that stuff. Planning keeps me out of despair but I'm not really sure how to plan for all of this.

Same here, almost exactly. I'm the high earner & my wife is a teacher only making $64k/year.

I put feelers out with a few close friends who are in the private sector. I need to have a plan and not just wait around to see what the orange turd does.

that's president orange turd. why should high earners be supplemented by the govt, get a job in the free market. you are the real turd

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Anonymous wrote:How many long term feds qualify for a year of severance pay? That will be yet another huge expense.

I'm sure all the landlords locally will love not being paid until they have to get the sheriff involved.

Government does not give severance pay. And private industry is already cutting back jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having a strong emergency fund, I just calculated what we could get back in FERS contributions if I lose my job and have to compete with thousands of other unemployed federal workers in this area. I can't believe this is real life.

I think it would be extremely bad publicity to have thousands of unemployed federal workers and the DMV economy tanking.

Anonymous wrote:How many long term feds qualify for a year of severance pay? That will be yet another huge expense.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Democrat. For some reason I'm weirdly ok and somewhat elated. Maybe Im losing my mind. Maybe I was a Viking in another life and this feels like going to war. IDK.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump doesn’t want to ever print a negative jobs number…my guess is not filling open positions, having a certain amount of attrition if they mandate RTO and other accounting gimmicks may get you to a massive headline number.

Having government layoffs turn jobs negative isn’t something that will fly.

Also, how will any of this help with inflation or housing costs, etc?

Honestly, nobody cares about budget deficits because they never translate into anything that actually directly impacts anyone.

Of course they translate. The federal government spends more of US GDP servicing debt payments than it does on defense. As the debt grows from borrowing a larger percentage of our GDP will be spent paying that debt, assuming countries even want our debt at a certain point. And more borrowing will push interest rates higher, which will make buying a house with a mortgage more expensive.

Then cut Medicare if you’re so bothered