Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wal Mart
Target
Outback
Chilis
Five Guys
Merry Maids
Jiffy Lube

So you going to have hundreds of thousands of highly educated people making minimum wage at a five guys?

That is absurd. I would have no reason to go on living. Really predict this admin will result in a significant increase in suicides.

That’s your choice.

Wow!! Zero empathy. What happened to you to make you this inhuman?

The last four years of being told it was The Best Economy Ever™️.

You don't understand how angry people were to be ignored and mocked when we were all struggling.

Your struggles have absolutely nothing to do with the GS level employees. Also 80% of Feds are outside DC, many in red states like FL and TX, 30% are veterans. Is your vitriol geared toward them too or did you drink the kool aid about lazy feds with their multi million dollar homes in DC sitting around fancy dinner tables laughing about some private sector lay offs?

Like c‘mon. I refuse to believe anyone is truly this stupid.

You’re just angry and you want someone to suffer with you. But the thing is many feds are high educated and married to people in the private sector. We’ll cut back on house cleaners, and car detailing, and lawn care, and travel, and home renovation, and hair salons, which will trickle out to a lot of non feds.

You have no one but yourself to blame for any figure misery you suffer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wal Mart
Target
Outback
Chilis
Five Guys
Merry Maids
Jiffy Lube

So you going to have hundreds of thousands of highly educated people making minimum wage at a five guys?

That is absurd. I would have no reason to go on living. Really predict this admin will result in a significant increase in suicides.

That’s your choice.

Wow!! Zero empathy. What happened to you to make you this inhuman?

The last four years of being told it was The Best Economy Ever™️.

You don't understand how angry people were to be ignored and mocked when we were all struggling.

You do realize these illegal firings will just lead to more struggles for everyone, right?

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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?

Np, and same question. I was a federal paralegal for 13 years. I enjoyed the sedentary nature of the work.

I will likely go back into teaching.

Anonymous wrote:It's time to think outside the box on income options.

For example, if you have a spare bedroom in your house, consider renting it out. I am divorced, and my kids are grown. As much as I hate the idea of a roommate, I would consider renting my two spare bedrooms as a last resort.

Other options include childcare, respite foster care, eldercare, substitute teaching, and dog walking. Many of the solutions will lie in the entrepreneurial realm.

Okay, yes, those are all jobs that will help a little after the unemployment runs out. But I'd imagine that most people will lose their homes when they go from making, what, 120K a year to 30K a year. I'm not sure substitute teaching pays even that much. I really feel for anyone losing their job, feds or anyone else.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wal Mart
Target
Outback
Chilis
Five Guys
Merry Maids
Jiffy Lube

So you going to have hundreds of thousands of highly educated people making minimum wage at a five guys?

That is absurd. I would have no reason to go on living. Really predict this admin will result in a significant increase in suicides.

That’s your choice.

Wow!! Zero empathy. What happened to you to make you this inhuman?

The last four years of being told it was The Best Economy Ever™️.

You don't understand how angry people were to be ignored and mocked when we were all struggling.

I’m sorry if you were struggling. I certainly never mocked anyone.

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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.

I teach in a private and am very worried. Some private schools will likely close.

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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…

I'm curious where your concerns have been for the last four years. Throughout this time, anyone who wasn't affiliated with the federal government has been shouting from the rooftops that white collar jobs were getting cut, and people were suffering as a result.

I'm guessing you were among those saying that Tysons II was crowded and that the right-wing individuals were just stupid and lazy.

For the past four years, the DMV bubble has been told that jobs were scarce and budgets were tight, but we were all ignored.

There has been zero sympathy. And I have none to give in return.

I recall a lot of great jobs reports in the past a few years.

A whole bunch of service jobs getting filled with illegal immigrants juked the stats. White collar jobs not so much.

Best of luck!

Trump and Musk are batsh$t insane.

And Feds are not the first to have their career sector decimated. Hopefully it's not as bad as it looks like it will be. But what have manufacturing workers done?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wal Mart
Target
Outback
Chilis
Five Guys
Merry Maids
Jiffy Lube

So you going to have hundreds of thousands of highly educated people making minimum wage at a five guys?

That is absurd. I would have no reason to go on living. Really predict this admin will result in a significant increase in suicides.

That’s your choice.

Wow!! Zero empathy. What happened to you to make you this inhuman?

The last four years of being told it was The Best Economy Ever™️.

You don't understand how angry people were to be ignored and mocked when we were all struggling.

Anonymous wrote:Trump plan is for fired Feds to replace jobs vacated by the deported illegals. Not a joke. He thinks fired Feds will have no choice after the unemployment benefits run out. People have to eat and need shelter

Sad but likely true with this crazy man

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wal Mart
Target
Outback
Chilis
Five Guys
Merry Maids
Jiffy Lube

So you going to have hundreds of thousands of highly educated people making minimum wage at a five guys?

That is absurd. I would have no reason to go on living. Really predict this admin will result in a significant increase in suicides.

Indeed it will.

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…

I'm curious where your concerns have been for the last four years. Throughout this time, anyone who wasn't affiliated with the federal government has been shouting from the rooftops that white collar jobs were getting cut, and people were suffering as a result.

I'm guessing you were among those saying that Tysons II was crowded and that the right-wing individuals were just stupid and lazy.

For the past four years, the DMV bubble has been told that jobs were scarce and budgets were tight, but we were all ignored.

There has been zero sympathy. And I have none to give in return.

I recall a lot of great jobs reports in the past a few years.

It's time to think outside the box on income options.

For example, if you have a spare bedroom in your house, consider renting it out. I am divorced, and my kids are grown. As much as I hate the idea of a roommate, I would consider renting my two spare bedrooms as a last resort.

Other options include childcare, respite foster care, eldercare, substitute teaching, and dog walking. Many of the solutions will lie in the entrepreneurial realm.

Anonymous wrote:Another thought. My daughter is getting her master's in accounting. She has people in her class that have other degrees, and they are doing a bridge program that includes the 6 GAAP required courses plus the MAcc courses. It can be done in 18-24 months. That will get you on your way to be CPA eligible.

How much can a regular account with CPA earn in this area? Not talking about partners in big 4.