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.
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The devil finds work for idle hands.
These people wanted to finish destroying the country.
North Korea could use some farm hands.
With a name like Patel there should be plenty of jobs available. The Patels know how to take care of each other.
That’s why reps and dems are working overtime to make Trump seems like a Russian stooge. I can’t believe how hard they are going at this. Trump and Putin will have peace long before Trump and the political elites do
Boo F’in hoo-now they know how the rest of us have felt the last 8 years-and why would they have thought a political job with the administration in office would last longer than 8 years in the first place?
Yes, I hear the morgue in Chicago is short staffed.
“that don’t know the difference between a Quarter Panel, and a Fender!”
You reminded me of something. When my two boys were 3 or 4 I worked with them so they could point at a picture of a car and identify a wheel versus a tire. Now neither are into cars.
Big Smile!
I would suggest that these folks go back home to their home state political paradises, such as Detroit, Chicago or Oakland. Surely with their qualifications they could sell Smart cars, open a coffee bar, or make and sell pots at craft fairs. They could move into their elderly parents homes with their life partners, teacup poodles and sports equipment.
I would suggest that these folks go back home to their home state political paradises, such as Detroit, Chicago or Oakland. Surely with their qualifications they could sell Smart cars, open a coffee bar, or make and sell pots at craft fairs. They could move into their elderly parents homes with their life partners, teacup poodles and sports equipment.
Their hero Biraq says unemployment is actually a good thing - more time with the family, doing what you’ve never had time to before...
Cry me a river.
My heart is pumping purple pumpkin piss, just for them.
Bet they could mow lawns
Love it -:)
My grin got wider as I read each sentence.
Musical words:
"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,”
“People are in shock,”
"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."
"How do I recalibrate my dreams?"
It goes on and on, and in the end . . . 
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