I know several people in this category: still employed by the government and subject to government ethics rules, unhireable by any company that still needs to follow that government agency’s rules about conflicts of interest.
Sadly not. Super common, and the obvious result of RIFing everyone without a care for who does what or why. Strategy was apparently on the DEI forbidden words list.
These people have zero idea how the government works, they only operate on “loyalty.” Which is simply not having the audacity to speak up when something is profoundly stupid, lest it harm their ego. Everything else is scams inside of scams for personal benefit at the taxpayer’s expense.
The pattern repeats over and over. Hundreds of embarassing court cases, constant incompetence beyond anything rank and file government ever did before, blatant lies the only way to save face. Clowns elected by fools to spin up a circus to entertain them all while the crops rot in the fields, with no one willing to harvest them.
This sounds super fake
My wife had a coworker Rif’d and is in the same situation. It is not fake, this is really happening to real people.
I know several people in this category: still employed by the government and subject to government ethics rules, unhireable by any company that still needs to follow that government agency’s rules about conflicts of interest.
Hilarious to imagine corporations respecting the sanctity of “conflict of interest” in hiring govt employees, especially in 2025. Think of the optics!
Yes, I don’t think you can be in limbo for more than the statutory 2-weeks notice period or some such.
Still, there’s going to be quite some extra cost associated with the heads-over-heels way in which contracts were cancelled.
That’s intentional. Bleed the agency to death so it can’t operate.
Probably fake, but to be fair, the government isn’t exactly following the rules these days.
It’s in line with what I’ve heard. People have been commuting to work only to find that they can’t get in.
Sounds like Trump & Musk presidency
Sadly not. Super common, and the obvious result of RIFing everyone without a care for who does what or why. Strategy was apparently on the DEI forbidden words list.
These people have zero idea how the government works, they only operate on “loyalty.” Which is simply not having the audacity to speak up when something is profoundly stupid, lest it harm their ego. Everything else is scams inside of scams for personal benefit at the taxpayer’s expense.
The pattern repeats over and over. Hundreds of embarassing court cases, constant incompetence beyond anything rank and file government ever did before, blatant lies the only way to save face. Clowns elected by fools to spin up a circus to entertain them all while the crops rot in the fields, with no one willing to harvest them.
I can’t tell anymore.
I know a guy first hand in the same situation.