Perspective from a recently fired probationary federal employee...

[willdup]

The concerns about "not being trusted regarding the buyout" had more to do with the appropriations process than Elon or Trump. It's unfortunate that the US government can't be counted on to operate in good faith, but that's a systemic issue and we are seeing with Trump and DOGE the first real attempt at making the sort of major changes FedGov needs.

Then they shouldn’t promise a buyout to thousands of employees that they can’t deliver. That’s operating in bad faith.

 

[Georgia Knight]

Then they shouldn’t promise a buyout to thousands of employees that they can’t deliver. That’s operating in bad faith.

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No, it's - unfortunately- public policy.

 

[doofusdawg]

I hate that you lost your job. It is truly a humbling situation. Been there, done that.

Here is my take. I know when there are widespread changes that have to happen, good people get caught up in it. There is no way to avoid it. The federal gov't has 2M employees. Within the last 18 months, Ol' Joe was hiring 87k IRS agents. There are so many federal employees and gov't leaders took advantage. There is no denying it. The move to "wave the wand" was needed. All the while, I know there are 1000s of good hard working people, like you, that get caught in the net. 2Mj+ employees isnot sustainable.

It's the same with immigration. The system was exploited for partisan evil. Waving a big ol' "Come on in" flag at the border. Shuffling money, allocated for other things BTW (i.e. FEMA), around and paying for hotels, cars, flights, debit cards. Again, this is all because of evil, lying, thieve gov't leaders. Not just Dems. I think you'll find McConnell gets what's coming to him. With that said, good hard working, self supporting, tax paying illegals are going to get sent home. Families will be split as some are legal, some aren't.

Taxes are paid by middle-class W-2 employees. The burden is heavy on me. I paid 70k+ in taxes and I'm not rich. I'm on the tail end of raising a family of 7. Something had to be done. I truly don't think, from Trump/Musk, that this is political to them. I do think there are some politicians that Trump is out to prove that they have been stealing. I look forward to that.

I hate you got caught up and I truly hope the best for you.

Issue nobody wants to talk about is legacy costs of retired federal employees. The defense department is basically the largest hr department in the country. Country would be shocked if they new what percentage of defense budget was for things other than defense. Hopefully Pete will tell us.

As far as op... my advice would be to get and answer the five questions Musk wants to ask of all current employees... get your answers to DOGE inner circle. As Musk has said repeatedly... show that you care.

 

[ThreeDawgNight]

I have been in education, both in public school education and higher education for over 55 years, and I can tell you that Trump's scuttling the DOE is a disaster for education. And I am not the only educator who feels that way--it is universal. What Musk is doing is a disaster, not because government spending should not be curtailed, but because he is a non-elected operative whose apparent absolute authority is ordained by Trump and who thereby proceeds unchecked and without constraint. Further, Musk is billed as the richest man in the world who has been able to secure huge amounts of money from the Feds so it seems that he has built-in contradictions.

Now I see your problem.....55 years in something that's been in a constant state of decline.

Our educational system is broken...and happened under the DOE's watch.

You dems are like hamsters on a hamster wheel.

 

[Eastmandawg]

The states will have to pick up the tab that the feds were spending on the DOE. The feds will not simple allocate money to the states. It is yet to be seen if the states supply the services to the public schools that the DOE was supporting. But it is very doubtful. If they do, the state taxes will go up accordingly. And, by the way, the feds have all kinds of ways to influence education.

Pretty sure it’s the DOE they want to shut down.
My question is, why do we even need the DOE.

Has education improved since ‘79 (DOE inception)??