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Anonymous wrote:I feel like things are calming down. I think so many of us thought it would be the chance to get rid of low performers but nope.

This. I was hoping our low-performing, absentee, secretary would finally be held accountable but it doesn’t look like that will be happening anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:They want to cut 50% so it's not calming down.

There’s no way they’re cutting 50%. That’s bluster.

Anonymous wrote:They want to cut 50% so it's not calming down.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like things are calming down. I think so many of us thought it would be the chance to get rid of low performers but nope.

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Anonymous wrote:RIF takes time to formulate ranking orders. That’s why things appear quiet. You better believe every agency is putting together lists.

Unless you're GSA, where they decide to take the easy way out and just fire entire divisions/offices - no need to rank people when you axe that way.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel calm for now. I will worry about things when they happen.

This. We’re in for a long haul, people. Constantly freaking out does no good, at all. It’s what they want us to do. Staying calm is resisting.

That, and as a supervisor, I can’t afford to be flipping the f out all the time.

This. They talk a lot of talk, but when I look at it immediately surroundings, dry little has changed other than the fact that I see my staff in person a bit more. Not that what HAS happened elsewhere isn’t horrible—it’s just not happening to me and there’s very little I can do to help other than stay calm and competent.

USAID person here. This was my attitude, shared by many coworkers. I now wish we had freaked out more and earlier. We should have blown whistles, created paper trails, questioned orders, coordinated with outside allies.

If I could give advice to my January 20th self, it would be: Do not be the frog in the pot.

What exactly do you think you can do before? We can’t strike. What leverage do you think we have? Do our job REALLY good so they appreciate us? Write to the Oligarch newspapers? Look for another job, that’s what I’m doing because that’s the only prep worth anything.

I keep thinking about this. We can’t strike but we did sign an oath to defend our government from enemies foreign and domestic. At what point in the dismantling of the government do we need to take action to defend it in line with our oath. My agency is being gutted and sold off for parts. Just showing up every day and waiting for the RIF feels unpatriotic.

So if they try to eliminate us en masse, we go on strike and then they can legally fire us for cause? This seems like
playing into their hands.

What? You can demonstrate if you are on admin leave. And definitely if you’ve been terminated.

Yeah that’s not what a strike means. Trying to force the hand of an employer who has already fired you isn’t a threat.

What part of “prohibited” doesn’t make sense to you? We can’t strike. They’ll fire us for cause. This is one reason I think federal unions are a little silly. What leverage do they have with hostile management?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel calm for now. I will worry about things when they happen.

This. We’re in for a long haul, people. Constantly freaking out does no good, at all. It’s what they want us to do. Staying calm is resisting.

That, and as a supervisor, I can’t afford to be flipping the f out all the time.

This. They talk a lot of talk, but when I look at it immediately surroundings, dry little has changed other than the fact that I see my staff in person a bit more. Not that what HAS happened elsewhere isn’t horrible—it’s just not happening to me and there’s very little I can do to help other than stay calm and competent.

USAID person here. This was my attitude, shared by many coworkers. I now wish we had freaked out more and earlier. We should have blown whistles, created paper trails, questioned orders, coordinated with outside allies.

If I could give advice to my January 20th self, it would be: Do not be the frog in the pot.

What exactly do you think you can do before? We can’t strike. What leverage do you think we have? Do our job REALLY good so they appreciate us? Write to the Oligarch newspapers? Look for another job, that’s what I’m doing because that’s the only prep worth anything.

I keep thinking about this. We can’t strike but we did sign an oath to defend our government from enemies foreign and domestic. At what point in the dismantling of the government do we need to take action to defend it in line with our oath. My agency is being gutted and sold off for parts. Just showing up every day and waiting for the RIF feels unpatriotic.

So if they try to eliminate us en masse, we go on strike and then they can legally fire us for cause? This seems like
playing into their hands.

What? You can demonstrate if you are on admin leave. And definitely if you’ve been terminated.

Yeah that’s not what a strike means. Trying to force the hand of an employer who has already fired you isn’t a threat.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel calm for now. I will worry about things when they happen.

This. We’re in for a long haul, people. Constantly freaking out does no good, at all. It’s what they want us to do. Staying calm is resisting.

That, and as a supervisor, I can’t afford to be flipping the f out all the time.

This. They talk a lot of talk, but when I look at it immediately surroundings, dry little has changed other than the fact that I see my staff in person a bit more. Not that what HAS happened elsewhere isn’t horrible—it’s just not happening to me and there’s very little I can do to help other than stay calm and competent.

USAID person here. This was my attitude, shared by many coworkers. I now wish we had freaked out more and earlier. We should have blown whistles, created paper trails, questioned orders, coordinated with outside allies.

If I could give advice to my January 20th self, it would be: Do not be the frog in the pot.

What exactly do you think you can do before? We can’t strike. What leverage do you think we have? Do our job REALLY good so they appreciate us? Write to the Oligarch newspapers? Look for another job, that’s what I’m doing because that’s the only prep worth anything.

I keep thinking about this. We can’t strike but we did sign an oath to defend our government from enemies foreign and domestic. At what point in the dismantling of the government do we need to take action to defend it in line with our oath. My agency is being gutted and sold off for parts. Just showing up every day and waiting for the RIF feels unpatriotic.

So if they try to eliminate us en masse, we go on strike and then they can legally fire us for cause? This seems like
playing into their hands.

What? You can demonstrate if you are on admin leave. And definitely if you’ve been terminated.