Posted on 01/10/2017 12:32:28 PM PST by Mount Athos
As outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are struggling to find work in Washington, D.C.
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans’ major electoral gains in November, outgoing Obama employees and loyalists to failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have found their job prospects in the District foundering, according to Politico.
“It feels like there are just thousands of us trying to find a job, and there are no jobs,” longtime Clinton aide Mira Patel, who worked for Clinton in her Senate, State Department and 2016 campaign offices, told the outlet.
Following Trump’s surprise victory Nov. 8, Democratic operatives no longer have some 4,000 presidentially appointed jobs for which to apply when the billionaire businessman takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
The Democratic workers who were expecting to see a Clinton White House are reportedly finding the transition especially difficult:
Clinton aides appear to be having a harder time, both emotionally and practically.
“There’s anger, there’s frustration, there’s anxiety, there’s burnout,” said Russ Finkelstein, a managing director at Clearly Next and longtime progressive career guru (including as a founding team member at the lefty jobs board Idealist.org) who has been counseling Clinton alumni.
“People are in shock,” said Anastasia Kessler-Dellaccio, 35, who quit her job at Sister Cities International to run Foreign Policy Professionals for Hillary. Some Clinton campaign workers say they’ve lost their bearings because they’re so rattled by the differences in Trump’s values from those represented by Obama and Clinton.
Kessler-Dellaccio added, “I think people, myself included, are trying to figure out, ‘How do I recalibrate my dreams?’”
But it’s not all bad news. Laslo Bock, Google’s outgoing chief of human resources, has, according to the Wall Street Journal, established a database of résumés to help Obama staffers and Clinton advocates find work after their unexpected yet impending unemployment.
Given the dire situation some outgoing Obama staffers are in: “A lot of us are looking for any fit,” Patel said — the soon-to-be-former president is doing what he can to help his supporters find work in Trump’s Washington.
“The president made it a priority to ensure that, throughout his administration, employees had access to professional development resources and tools to help them advance in their careers and transition to new opportunities,” White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine told Politico, describing Obama as “extremely grateful” to those staffers who have stayed with him over the years.
I feel Supreme Schadenfreude.
And they have zero understanding of how to make an honest living instead of their parasitical existences.
No KIDDING! Oh, you poor snowflake liberals...when you are one of the pigs drinking from the trough, eventually one of two things will happen:
The trough runs dry.
A truck backs up to your pen and you walk up a ramp into it.
It's called 'adapting to life', snowflake.
I'm 62, in a crappy job, but you learn to live with it by weighing all aspects of your situation. You never stop learning, you never stop improving yourself.
In addition to my family, I've been honing my enthusiasm for wine, one of the last bastions of free enterprise on the globe. Let's face it, if you put out a lousy product, no amount of government assistance will keep you afloat.
So much to learn, keeps one's mind active.
As to the current job, it pays the bills until something better arrives.
These Obama-bots can't just keep living off the nonprofit agencies.
Too bad, so sad. (I don’t know how much more of this winning we can take!)
I would paint numbers on curbs. But I’m the wrong color. Amazing to me how most gubmint workers here are not white. Meaning they’re black. There I said it.
And you have made many a smile here!
Maybe they can flip burgers or pic veggies in CA.
Their first day of work was today. See the threads on the Sen. Sessions hearings.
It's minimum wage, but at least their uniforms are provided for free, EG white sheets, pink hats etc. And as a bonus, they get to scream in frustration all day long at the very same people they blame for their drop in wages.
Feels good man! Like seeing the sun shining through as the storm clouds part.
‘How do I recalibrate my dreams?’”
All these clowns will be hired to teach at formerly prestigious colleges. Then there are their book deals. Then of course Obama’s MASSIVE OFA organization. They’re just getting started.
The winning, some days, is like laughing until your stomach hurts! Now deplorable Americans can look forward to jobs and worthless political hacks for the left can experience unemployment. This is AWESOME.
“Trump’s Hotel might be hiring some maids”
I have a friend whose son recently started working for a large organization that has many properties.
The Owner has been trying to hire hime for some years...finally they struck a deal...
He wants to be in top management and the owner said; ‘Absolutely. Where do you want to start?’
He worked on the front desk for several weeks, then in housekeeping for several more...the most he could while in housekeeping do was three rooms a day and the quota is 12.
It’s hard work! These leftists can’t do work! Believe me, the fella I know is quite capable and very hard working!
Good for you!
Something great will come your way, life is quirky that way!
Can you imagine her in a job interview! What a self absorbed Fool.
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