Service providing contractors to the government are not working, are not furloughed, are not getting paid, nor will they ever recoup the time they missed because of the shutdown.
Service providers do things like Building Maintenance, building management, grounds & Public Works, utilities, and a myriad of other jobs that are infrastructure related to government operations. I know several and they’re stretching it kind of thin right now but they do want a wall.
Yup, knew lots of IT contractors for NASA in Houston once upon a time.
Very interesting and rewarding work until the checks stop coming.