aMy*, a federal US government employee who works for homeland security hired by the Joe Biden administration’s refugee program, said last Tuesday that he was a massive redundant of government workers led by Elon Musk. She hasn’t ruled out the phone from her vision since she was seeking sex. It’s begun.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) warns nearly all federal government employees that if they postpone their resignation and choose to stay, they could be layed off or reassigned. As they send emails, career civil servants in the US weigh their options.
“It was just crazy. The billionaires are taking over the government,” Amy said. “We feel that the executive order against the federal workforce was designed to create confusion and fear. The mask calls us lazy and calls us workers at the United States Organization for International Development (USAID) “spheres of worms.” It was expressed. They are trying to dehumanize us to make these changes more appealing, and rattle us well enough to make the majority of federal employees leave. ”
Everyone is digging his heels
Amy has shared with the Guardian what he’ll do with the Trump administration’s “road fork” acquisition offer designed to dramatically reduce the ranks of left-leaning federal workers. It was a person.
“Many people may think that a federal employee should make an offer and run, but I’m not talking to one person jumping on it,” she said. . “Everyone is still digging his heels and it’s meant not to take them. We feel like hell is a little thing.”
Although her department does not qualify for voluntary redundancy, Amy is affected by the blanket’s return to the issued office order.
“I was hired completely for a remote location,” she said. “I spend six to eight months abroad each year to help refugees trying to enter the US. Many of us are focused on our work, being told to return to our office soon. We are trying to keep doing this, but we are trying to keep them from returning to our offices as we all don’t have the space to move everyone.
“The refugee program is suspended, so we don’t know the future of it, but I want to stick it out, so the budget for me is used for someone else who doesn’t mind refugees. I feel I can’t (will) permeate this line of work to either cause harm or prevent good from being done.”
I don’t want to work for Trump or Musk
Amy’s comments reflected the comments from the scores of other federal workers who presented themselves as a united front against Musk and Trump, but some felt it was time to step down from their careers.
For Riordan, a trans, autistically disabled veteran who has worked for the government for nearly 20 years, the past few weeks have been stressful and “too much” on their mental health. Feeling “tired,” Riordan wants to hold his hand until he can retire early.
“It’s upsetting. The stereotypes of lazy government workers have been stuck for a long time, but most of us have worked our donkeys to serve our population. “
Federal workers are said to be able to combine that with a postponed resignation if they are eligible for voluntary early retirement (VERA), but Riordan is cautious.
“I’m not going to take a chance right now. I don’t even know what’s on offer is legal. (If I qualify for Vera) I’m ready to get out of here, so I’m takes it in a flash. I don’t want to work for Trump, I don’t want to work for Musk. I’m going to sell my house and move to a blue state where I can be with my family. For now, I’m just going to delete the email and ignore it.”
A long-term civil servant at USAID on the East Coast who was working on a developing country’s program shared mistrust about how her agency began to be demolished.
All communications we receive express a lack of trust in us and our judgment
“After a few days of darkness, the USAID website was rebooted and told the world that the entire workforce was on administrative leave,” she said. “All messages to my agency’s workforce were hostile and intimidating at the threat of disciplinary action and the lack of space to oppose orders from the White House. All the communication we received was , expresses a lack of trust in us and our judgment.
“As a result of the suspension work order that affected most of the USAID Fund’s work, our workforce is glued to computers without doing anything. The American people have never benefited. “
Death and illness around the world could be attributed to the suspension of USAID’s assistance to contribute to global security, she warned, and despite her decision to stay all,
“For a moment, the (shop offer) sounded glamorous, but I quickly heard a voice that I trusted – employee union, lawyer, Sen. Tim Kane, Sen. Virginia – raised the question and told people to be very careful. This (buying program) has no funds. There is no guarantee, so I’m not going to take it. This is unprecedented It’s something.”
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The federal acquisition program is not new
Between 1999 and 2009 when he retired from federal employment in 2017, Martin Hayworth, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) in Philadelphia, was a massive purchase by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He pointed out the programme being ordered. Federal workers during the president.
“Providing shopping is not new and has been a standard practice in the US federal government for the past decades, whether it’s a Republican or a Democratic president. This phenomenon is a phenomenon that even Republicans can do Trump. It’s not inherent, it’s interpreted as something like a Trump-related dysfunction, but I don’t think that’s accurate.
“I didn’t vote for Trump, I did Jill Stein and he does the problematic stuff, but I think he needs to give him a chance.”
Elizabeth, a federal immigration enforcement lawyer from the West Coast, learned a few days ago that her department was exempt from the acquisition, but would have to return to the office despite the flexible hybrid union agreement.
“I’m a single mother, and the flexibility of this job is keeping me in my senses,” she said. “I have so many court appointments, I don’t know if I have to always come to the office for the next four years.
“I don’t have any plans to quit right now, but I need to strongly consider other job options depending on how strict you want to be on this.”
Black Elizabeth added that the administration’s decision to suspend DEI practices and divisions across the federal government is also “very upset.” “I have a week of concentration issues. A handful of people in my office support Trump, while others are very liberal. I have a politically like-minded people and I have. I’m worried. Elon Musk is empowered.”
I’m not undergoing royalty tests for the president
Another major concern, Elizabeth said, could be exposed to loyalty tests as part of future workplace assessments, but her political aversion to the Trump administration does not undermine her professionalism. I claimed.
“I haven’t taken the loyalty test for the president. We’re all taking pledges. Our job is to support the laws of the United States. It’s a pledge of loyalty to everyone. It’s not that. I can have my opinion about politicians, but I can still do my job.”
An elderly remote worker at the Department of Veterans Affairs said that her office “has not been informed enough to make decisions within a very limited time frame, given the postponed resignation. I was overwhelmed by the calls from stressed employees.”
“If they had to take a postponed resignation,” she said, “Will they need to return to the office despite the lack of identified office space? They would re-released to continue working. Do they need to be placed? Will their work be eliminated? How exactly does this affect their retirement benefits?”
She described the emails from the administration as “ruthless” and “surprising.”
“We’re trying to refrain from overtly political comment,” she said. “Strengthening the Standard of Conduct” – from a regime led by felonies, sexual predators, and pathological liars who do not respect the rule of law? What a joke. ”
The Midwest-born Homeland Security Agency employee trials, which wanted to remain anonymous, said it would receive a postponed offer of resignation.
“I believe (this offer) is illegal and the administration will stiffen me, but in my case it doesn’t matter,” she said. “I signed on to the federal government for remote and telework benefits, but now that’s gone, I cut my tie, earn more money, and fewer days and times. I spent time and shortened my commute.”
Federal workers of combat veterans in the northwest expressed a solid resolve to resist.
“We laughed at (Trump) during the meeting and tried to understand that nonsense had spilled out of the White House,” she said. “His disregard for law, morality and humanity proves how blackmailed he is by real contributions that real Americans are making. I hold the line and give him me a go. I dare to burn it.”
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