I don’t believe that, I know quite a few federal employees who work hard and are going to be impacted pretty hard. However, federal employees are NOT losing their jobs. Just a temporary lay-off, vacation, etc.
I’m supposed to be sympathetic to a group who will either get back pay, get to take paid vacation, etc. while the budget gets worked out? Those kind of things just don’t happen in the real world.
My issue is with the perceptions being espoused that somehow federal employees are “special” and need protection from the realities of this world.
They’re not and maybe a good taste of what’s going on in the real world will wake some of them up.
Just read about the leave issue, scratch my comments regarding that.
I had heard from others where I work that was what they were planning to do, that’s where I got my info.
Trust me. We do not think we are special.
I do a lot of work for cadets at West Point.
I feel humbled to be able to do good things for our future leaders. I do not however feel I am entitled to any “special” things.
I am not looking forward to being furloughed. I have just under 3 weeks to get about 120 cadets to different parts of the world for summer training. My work has been put on “hold” in a sense due to lack of funding.
At the end of the day, this budget game is costing everyone MORE than if we had a budget passed on time.