Federal Employees, how ya'll feeling?

[General Mills]

They are hitting the VA hard too. Tons of employees losing their jobs.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

They are hitting the VA hard too. Tons of employees losing their jobs.

There really had to be an end game behind the scenes we are unaware of.

 

[GoogleMe]

This thread should be pinned too.
@hex
@MikelArteta

 

[DJSmooth]

This thread should be pinned too.
@hex
@MikelArteta

Why? This been happening in the private sector the last 2-3 years. It's just happening the fed workers now.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Anyone hear anything about the IRS? ONE of my boys switched to a new position that put him on a three year probation period so he shook right now. But he had already been with them in the other department for a year so he confused

 

[DrBanneker]

Why? This been happening in the private sector the last 2-3 years. It's just happening the fed workers now.

Given the singular function of the Federal government underlying everything in this country and the role the DMV plays in Black wealth nationally, this is real important.

 

[lurker emeritus]

Anyone hear anything about the IRS? ONE of my boys switched to a new position that put him on a three year probation period so he shook right now. But he had already been with them in the other department for a year so he confused

i haven't heard anything specific yet. i work with a bunch of probationary employees and they're still here (but we've all seen the articles about what they're preparing to do).

one of the more ridiculous aspects of this entire ordeal is regarding those resignation offers. they said that even if you accepted the offer, if you were in certain job series, you were required to stay until may 15th, because you were deemed "critical." i'm like, if these irs jobs are so critical, why the charade (but we know the answer, of course).

also i'm still teleworking. only thing i'll say is that everybody had 5 years to come up with something permanent to prepare for the future. at the end of the day, i don't care how any of this goes. i could use a vacation after these past few years.

 

[DrBanneker]

I'm going to try to read this in the next few weeks

In the prologue, is this eerie line: "The attrition of African-American clerks in the Federal offices was not simply a routine political purging of loyal Republicans at the hands of newly Empowered Democrats. It was a deliberate subversion of a small but growing class of African-American middle class professionals."

 

[DJSmooth]

Given the singular function of the Federal government underlying everything in this country and the role the DMV plays in Black wealth nationally, this is real important.

sounds like typical DMV bourgeoisie. I know so many people out of work or have had their life uprooted because of layoffs and just now we need to sticky a thread on the topic because it's feds workers.

 

[BigMan]

This nikka mad at a sticky request

 

[Arianne Martell]

I've been hearing more stories about "career" government employees who switched over to new positions, then became "career conditional" government employees all over again...aka probation period employees, then recently getting laid off. Again, I would have never agreed to go from "career" to "career conditional", unless they were about to put me on a PIP...which they eventually did. But with "All Thanks to The Most High", I had a much better outcome, after I got out of there.

I remember about a year or two before they put me on that PIP, something they've been threatening me with for over two years, I applied for a position with the Social Security Administration. The brother who interviewed me, said he would let me work there for a few months, to see how I worked out. He never heard from me again. I already had 17 years in. Now if they worked it out with my old agency, to let me return if things didn't work out, then it would have been no problem. Like I already had my head on the chopping block. So I guess that brother was offering me a "career conditional" position, which meant I was going to be back on probation. To make it worst, he was only giving me a couple of months, instead of a year, like most "career conditional" employees get.

Maybe these government workers who recently agreed to go from "career" to "career conditional", didn't realize they were totally jeopardizing their "career" status. Or maybe they knew the risk, and this is the norm. When I was offered that short stint at the Social Security Administration over 20 years ago, nothing felt normal about risky my "career" status however, especially with all the years I had. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

On another note, I understand a lot of government employees in the DMV have sold their homes within the last 7 days behind all of this, and many more put their homes on the market. They are also expecting to see a lot of foreclosures up there pretty soon. I sure hope my nephew and his wife don't get caught up in this, as they both have government jobs, and were doing everything right. They have a house and two children. Neither of them are on probation, but like the rest of the federal government, of course they are concerned. They don't deserve this.

With all these folks in the DMV selling their homes, a lot of them may be heading South with me, especially if they can land a job down here. If that's the case, at least these people coming down will have some sense, unlike the ones whom came down a few years after I did. Then again, it may not be necessary these days, because unlike when I was about to lose my job, you can practically become a millionaire on the internet, or at least do uber or lyft. Anyway, this home selling thing in the DMV is grounds for another topic. Maybe somebody already started a thread on this. I guess they really are tryna make PG White again.

this is fiction...I live here and I am a fed

DC housing market remains stable — no crash in sight, experts say | FOX 5 DC

With federal workers back in office, buyouts, and layoffs, you might expect there to be a shift in the real estate market across the region - but experts say the numbers do not reflect that just yet.

www.fox5dc.com

aint nobody selling shyt nor moving "south"

 

[Dzali OG]

I haven't seen any real evidence this is happening yet... but if layoffs continue I can see this becoming a real problem. but foreclosures (especially in PG) might be a real problem soon to come

It takes just a little anticipation to see what's on the way.

Theres about to be a shytton of foreclosures. Then what about when/if he gets to work on the post office?

 

[Remote]

 

[Mike Nasty]

aint nobody selling shyt nor moving "south"

He said "in the last 7 days".
That's like one of those passport bros threads where someone writes an essay on the dangers of Colombia but spells it Columbia

 

[Dzali OG]

this is fiction...I live here and I am a fed

DC housing market remains stable — no crash in sight, experts say | FOX 5 DC

With federal workers back in office, buyouts, and layoffs, you might expect there to be a shift in the real estate market across the region - but experts say the numbers do not reflect that just yet.

www.fox5dc.com

aint nobody selling shyt nor moving "south"

So all this talk about the fed jobs being attacked is cap?

If its not cap and people are losing their jobs are you saying there's sufficient private sector jobs to keep them afloat?