Federal Employees, how ya'll feeling?

[WTFisWallace?]

We had a 'diversity' training video / test last fall, that I felt as if it was mocking 'diversity', so both sides were pissed with it.

I didn't do/complete it because, imo, it was basically asking me to degrade my own people.



You have to "pass" the test in order for it be considered done. Told my supe that shyt is offensive, I ain't filling it out........"so you're refusing an order?" and immediately goes to type up an insubordination/incident report



I get advised....ay man, just do it(conform), then we can file a eeo afterwards cause right now you're headed down a path of insubordination --> suspension without pay --> fired.

more or less I go....the assignment is line stepping and egregiousif that's how it gotta go then so be it


(ends up being that there were already national complaints about the assignment...so when I had to meet with the head of our facility, he was already in meetings about it on a district level, so it ended up being a nothing burger. Buddy is even surprised himself that the supe did such an extensive write up)







This email from this south afrikkkan fukk seems like it's gonna put the onus on middle management to enforce......and judging from our initial union response the direction from them might be conform for now, and we'll handle it afterwards otherwise this is gonna be consider refusing an order from middle management and grounds for increasing penalties up to and including termination.






The combo of "i'm just following orders, shyt rolls down hill" middle management america & a soft response from labor leadership is gonna lead to a hot summer....cause, just off gp, a lot of nikkas aint gonna conform

 

[Samori Toure]

 

[Skooby]

I have a cousin, I don't know what agency she's with, but she said she was 7 years short of qualifying for the buyout. I guess that means she have 23 years in, even though I thought she had more. Of course she's very concerned as well. Just this summer, I was telling her to stay to 62 if she could, and get that 1.1 multiplier. I told her too, that it would be a 10% raise for the rest of her life. But I also told her, if it got too crazy in her work place, then to get out of there. I remembered towards the end of my job, they had me so worried that I was beginning to have brain and heart spasms. Anyway, at the time, I thought my cousin had 30 years in, but didn't have the age.

She never saw this coming, not this soon anyway. She just got a promotion, and I think it was a GS 14. But right now, it's the people on probation, who are the easy targets. The people who are vested in their careers, like you and her, are way more protected.

For now. For people harder to fire I'm thinking Schedule F is next. Turn us into at-will employees and fire us.

I'm watchinf this shutdown closely. Those of us deemed "not essential" (like I would be) and are GS-13 and above (I'm a 13 equivalent) they'll try to transition us into Schedule F then terminate us.

Just a guess but I think its coming.

 

[WTFisWallace?]

This email from this south afrikkkan fukk seems like it's gonna put the onus on middle management to enforce......and judging from our initial union response the direction from them might be conform for now, and we'll handle it afterwards otherwise this is gonna be consider refusing an order from middle management and grounds for increasing penalties up to and including termination.






The combo of "i'm just following orders, shyt rolls down hill" middle management america & a soft response from labor leadership is gonna lead to a hot summer....cause, just off gp, a lot of nikkas aint gonna conform

Already seeing a fracture between the regional leadership in deciding to comply or tell the south afrikkkan to fukk off, with national leadership as of now punting any real sense of direction off to regional (similar to Tump punting COVID guidance off to the states).....which shows and instill weakness at the bottom as far as individuals who want to comply to hopefully slide under the radar of the bully and those who want to say fukk it.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Just got an email from the Senior Advisor to my agencies Secretary about replying to this email. I thank my Bureau’s director for sticking her neck out for me and saving my job but yea, I’m not doing this bullshyt. fukk out my face and suck my dikk.

 

[JT-Money]

 

[Laidbackman]

For now. For people harder to fire I'm thinking Schedule F is next. Turn us into at will employees and fire us.

I'm watchinf this shutdown closely. Those of us deemed "not essential" (like I would be) and are GS-13 and above (I'm a 13 equivalent) they'll try to transition us into Schedule F then terminate us.

Just a guess but I think its coming.

It looks like they're tryna shake a lot of Black people out in this process, and make them not wanna come back, even if they could easily get their jobs back...they would have found better opportunities by then.

It appears they want to replace them with more White people, most likely from the private sector, who would probably want nothing to do with working for the government as well, after seeing they have no job security there either...if not less.

 

[Skooby]

This Fedsmith guy is lowkey a supporter of this administration and srems anti-federal employee.

Don't trust nothing this guy says.

 

[Skooby]

I haven't received the email. Can't respond to something I dont have.

 

[JT-Money]

It looks like they're tryna shake a lot of Black people out in this process, and make them not wanna come back, even if they could easily get their jobs back...they would have found better opportunities by then.

It appears they want to replace them with more White people, most likely from the private sector, who would probably want nothing to do with working for the government as well, after seeing they have no job security there either...if not less.

Federal contractors already have terrible job security. While you can make more money. You are always viewed as expendable.

The contract switches hands see ya. The Government slashes it's budget adios. Or you piss off the wrong Federal employee. They'll walk you out the building the same day.

 

[JT-Money]

This Fedsmith guy is lowkey a supporter of this administration and srems anti-federal employed.

Don't trust nothing this guy says.

I thought he claimed to have worked for OPM for decades? I was just interested in the background of how decisions get made at OPM. Since I avoided anything to do with them as a contractor.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

And this why I’m not sending shyt to anyone who can’t fire me since they didn’t hire me

Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse

Department of Government Efficiency head says he wants to test whether federal employees are ‘capable of replying to an email’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Urbanmiracle]

I’m off Sunday Monday so I would have missed the deadline. But I knew I wouldn’t have to answer it without it first getting verified by Headquarters and the legality of it by my union. I told my GF give it 24 hours and they will tell us not to answer it. I work for TSA under the DHS. Our jobs are need to know and protected under SSI.

These idiots downfall is that they still think they can ran a government like they do their private companies. You’re not a CEO, you’re a public servant. There’s laws to protected and prevent dictators and over reach from government entities.

 

[JNew]

Most of us ain’t doing shyt anyways. I don’t care at this point.

The agencies are top heavy anyways . What do they expect gonna happen. They have a bunch of booomers milking the system.

While young adults are giving shyt task to buy time until the boomers grace us with actual meaningful work.

They either fire boomers old enough to collect SS or fire the newest hired and end up with marginal work.

Everyone in the office knows it even the old boomers but they can’t afford to retire.

The problem is the shrinking population of younger workers compared to older.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

These mass off boardings are gone turn HOT one of these days.......and nobody that deserves it is gonna get caught in the crossfire