Moreover, the entire media narrative that essential employees are “working without pay” is a lie. They are guaranteed to be paid after the shutdown, so they are working for deferred compensation. And, those non-essential employees are getting a paid vacation! The need to finance a few weeks (or, depending on Democrats, months) of income every few years, secure in the knowledge that the income will be paid on a delayed basis, is a tradeoff that I would gladly make in return for guarantees of a job paying much higher than in the private sector, and with gold plated perks.
Is there free beer?
I have as much sympathy for the General Schedule federal employees as they have had for me.
None.
Here here !
On the flip side i know a lot of low- income elderly who i am concerned about in terms of food stamps. I really hope they don’t use these people as hostages.
Me neither.
No one cried for me or reported wall to wall when I was forced to go on strike by a Union I never agreed with or any other folks that were put out of work for way too many other reasons and no go their own doing
It sucks to think your untouchable and then one day Baam!!!!
Boo Whoo Whooo
People actually lose their jobs in the private sector. Who cries for them?
grrrr……end of this rant.
Our church sent a thousand dollars to our Costie family.
cuz 90% vote Dem.....
I’m retired from the feds..human resources. Furloughs, reduction-in-force etc. happen all the time as a consequence of operational and policy decisions. Much ado about nothing and I, too have little sympathy for temporarily laid-off “non-essential” employees who will be paid when they return to employment they still have. Any politician who uses the plight of the laid off federal employee to leverage an end to the shutdown (and mitigate border security) should be ashamed of themselves.
Earn more, work less, can’t be fired, retire earlier.
I used to be a low end “federal employee” - U.S.P.S.
Even there, we made darn good money. I remember how we all looked forward to possible government “shutdowns”, hoping we’d get a delayed paid vacation.
Like I said, we were paid well and had money to hold us over
I don’t feel sorry for them, no.
The big government socialists should mandate that government employees make no more than their private sector counterparts.
Call me a hard-hearted, mean-spirited conservative if you will.
You have lots and lots of company.
The reason the American people could care less about the Furloughed Federal Government Workers is simply because the Fed Workers care very little about themselves. They could have ended this furlough on day one, but they, themselves chose to stand with Nutcase Democrats, Nanacy Pelosi & Chuck Schumer.
Fed workers...”Read My Lips”, POTUS, Trump is going to win and get his money to build Southern border walls or barriers. End of story. so...if you want to get back to being paid....I suggest you tell that already failed Speaker of the House, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi to end this partial government shutdown right now.
Otherwise prepare yourselves for two outcomes, a very long shutdown and, or, a major reduction in force of many thousands of unneeded Federal workers. Your choice, folks!!!
Never, not one shred of sympathy for GS or W schedule employees. Plan ahead. All of us in the private sector have had to and some did.
No GS has ever had a pay check bounce. I have. There is no back pay when the company goes belly up. You just gave up part of your life for nothing when that happens. Stock that was hoped for to build your retirement or supplement your pay? Worthless. It will never be worth one thin dime. You gambled and lost.
Sympathy for GS employees? None. They need to call nazi pelousy and plead their case to her. I will wish them good luck.
The longer this goes on the more we will wonder what we have a growing number of them for anyway.
I grew up in a GS household. It was back in the days when there was no prohibition against over time and Dad put in a lot of it. Then came the unions and social engineering starting back in the 60s. Back in the days before Clinton there were lots of temporary federal employees. You had to become permanent party to get the good deals and then the deal was not nearly as lush as it is now. There was an exchange of lowered wages for retirement and security. Not so much now. The pay is as good as the benefits were and the benefits are better.
Now that the Shutdown has exceeded 20 days, the Trump administration can implement Reduction in Force rules and get rid of thousands of non-essential, non-working sluggards we taxpayers have been supporting for decades.
Workforce Restructuring Reductions in Force
A furlough of more than 30 calendar days, or of more than 22 discontinuous workdays, is also a RIF action.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/reductions-in-force/#url=Summary
These people “own” their jobs, and it’s almost impossible for them to be let go. Normal people walk on eggshells daily wondering if today will be the day they’ll be axed. That’s no way to live 50 years of your life.
They’ll be paid, if not now, then later. Normal people are not. Paid vacations are cool.
Nobody agonized when coal miners and steel workers were thrown into destitution after Obama and Hillary kept their promises to shut them down.
No; I have no sympathy for these people — none at all!
As a general rule, to make good money in the private sector you have to meet or exceed your goals.
If you don’t meet your goals you will eventually get demoted or replaced.
In the government you can make very good money at a job doing little or nothing with no pressure to perform.
You are set for life and will never be fired.
And they get a paid vacation during during a so called shut down. And they get to play the victim.
I know a couple federal workers.
They are responsible people, so missing one or two paychecks (especially as they will be paid back) isn’t going to hurt them.
They are ANGRY though. They are progressives, so they are full of cognitive dissonance. They believe in government, but hate the massive, soul-crushing bureaucracies they work for. They believe in government, but look down on the peasants outside of government. They believe in government, but are jealous of people who work outside of it, who seem to have much more fulfilling jobs and more control over their careers. They believe in government, but hate the politics, resent the affirmative action people put in over them and hate they taxes they must pay themselves
Now the shutdown has proven to them that for the last month, they are basically useless.
Their cognitive dissonance is getting rubbed raw.