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Wondering if there is a plan for employing laid off federal employees

MarinaMorris
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I joined Ricochet for reading. I really enjoy the thought-provoking informative posts and discussions here. I hardly ever post anything online.

This is my first post. I am wondering what everyone’s opinion is - when these layoffs were planned, was any thought given to where these laid-off people will get jobs? Some of them have pretty narrow/limited skill sets, I would guess, and they are white-collar, so they probably won’t be willing to go into construction when jobs become available after illegal immigrants leave.

And after years of not being used to job hunting, like we are in the commercial sector, they will feel pretty vulnerable and disgruntled.

I just saw this article on CNN saying that Russia/China intelligence services stepped up their efforts to recruit freshly laid-off employees with security clearances, and people who feel they could be laid off soon. It’s not unexpected.

What do you all think: where can all these people be employed?

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  • DonG (¡Afuera!)@DonG
    MarinaMorris (View Post):
    What do you all think, where can all these people be employed?

    They can learn to code (but they better hurry, since Grok is learning quickly). The problem is that there are not many jobs that pay $120K+ and don't require much getting done. These people are going to have to take jobs where they work harder and get paid less. That's fair.

  • Bob Thompson@BobThompson
    ReplyingtoMark Camp

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Good article, thanks, Marina.

    I wasn’t aware of the part about the stepped up recruiting by Russia and China of recently laid-off Govt. workers.

    That came after the intelligence community workers, NSA and CIA mostly I think, were revealed to have been chatting on official networks about all their sexual fantasies, said to be more than 100 employees.

  • Bob Thompson@BobThompson
    MarinaMorris (View Post):
    – when these layoffs were planned, was any thought given to where there laid off people will get jobs?

    conditions will cause adjustments that might include some relocations-America is a big country.

    Kind of indicates why the family concept is important, huh?

  • Arahant@Arahant

    At least for the first grouping, they offered a buy-out that would include several months of pay to allow a transition period. That's a soft landing.

    Another fact is that many who are being cut are still in a probationary period, meaning they have not worked for the USFG for very long. For instance, there was that locksmith in Yosemite or Yellowstone or whichever park it was. And that brings us to the fact that not all are white collar workers. I would assume a locksmith ought to be able to land on his feet.

    You ask, "was any thought given to where there laid off people will get jobs?" I do not know, but I doubt it. I know that companies I have worked for and decided they had to cut me did not care where I went next.

    Maybe they can all move to California and get government jobs there?

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