Anonymous wrote:I'm about to head out the door also. I appreciate you and your sacrifice. Hopefully this will wrap soon so we will not miss a paycheck.

Unfortunately a month later. Just the worst.

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean “without pay” when the worst possible outcome is late pay and that hasn’t even happened yet?

Maybe you’re just over your job. Have you thought about leaving for something that might hold your interest more?

You stand by this post today ?

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I’m a slave to the US government, literally.

Wrong. You are totally free to take a new job. If you choose to work for free in hopes of future payment, that is your own decision.

This is disingenuous and uncharitable. You, yes you and everyone else in the country, rely on feds not doing this. If all the excepted workers ‘made a choice’ and left there would be chaos and fatalities and the country would quickly grind to a halt in several ways. So while you may say everyone has a choice, your quality of life depends on them making the generous one.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. And l am again sipping coffee dreading going into another day in the office without pay. I'm the only civilian - all other are military. Morale for me is below 0.

I'm with you, OP. I feel like my work is pointless. What am I working for? A country that expects me to work for free because they don't value my work anyway? You think Elon Musk would work for one minute for free? What a joke. I used to be proud of my job, because I felt like I was contributing to making this country great. Now I'm just a pawn of a giant game. Sure I could quit and go work in the private sector, but the reason I worked in federal service in the first place was because I believed in this country and wanted to make it the best in the world. Private sector work is just working for a paycheck.

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m a slave to the US government, literally.

Wrong. You are totally free to take a new job. If you choose to work for free in hopes of future payment, that is your own decision.

our unpaid military are legally not allowed to quit.

So far military has been paid on time.

No, not all. And actually who would people resign to? My husband is looking at other positions and his resignation cant be processed. Its unclear whether you get backpay if you leave during a shutdown so we would be out quite a significant amount.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean “without pay” when the worst possible outcome is late pay and that hasn’t even happened yet?

Maybe you’re just over your job. Have you thought about leaving for something that might hold your interest more?

Since we do time cards - I had to sign a time card Friday that was coded furloughed - without pay - although I was in the office working.

That… seems like a dumb thing to be worked up about. So I assume that’s not really what’s bothering you.

I am bothered by not getting to sit at home with my puppy and drinking coffee all day, but then being told to sign a time card saying I was doing just that.

So they are forcing everyone to commit time card fraud? That doesn't sound OK to me.

I worry that this administration won't bother to give back pay to anyone. It's frustrating to be forced to work and not get paid.

Thanks to OP and all the others who are working without receiving immediate pay. I, too, would feel uneasy in this Administration given the track record for honesty.

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m a slave to the US government, literally.

Wrong. You are totally free to take a new job. If you choose to work for free in hopes of future payment, that is your own decision.

our unpaid military are legally not allowed to quit.

So far military has been paid on time.

Anonymous wrote:

I’m a slave to the US government, literally.

Wrong. You are totally free to take a new job. If you choose to work for free in hopes of future payment, that is your own decision.

our unpaid military are legally not allowed to quit.