[Captainofiron]

Anybody else furloughed?

mods please not this is not a political thread.

Im thinking about jumping ship, lately all the layoffs and every year the furlough threats are getting to be unbearable

[Mr Twister]

I am an excepted employee. I have to report. Most of the people at my facility are still here. A few GSA, and NLRB folks got sent home from what I can tell.

[69goatboy]

Not furloughed, but us salaried slobs had to take a 3% pay cut a while back.
But we should get it back soon.

Good luck.

[Half-Inch Stud]

Not furloughed.

Seems the group I'm in has been deemed "on the Program, and critical to the mission" we talked about getting shirts that say " I am an essential asset".

but; I have to socialize my "near-term activity plan to the leadership, so they know xactly what they are getting for their money.

at LEAST we can generate some humor. For now.

((((going to a last day lunch tomorrow, between engine pulls))))

[Captainofiron]

Way back when we use to support shuttle we were considered mission critical so we wouldnt shut down, but now...

We were asked to safe all of our systems and get out by noon.

I even had to unplug my little refrigerator

[455firebird1969]

I'm essential and have to report for work, but my pay sheet is tracking it is a furlough days this week. So next pay period I will be short on pay! Supposedly I'll be getting the backpay later! but no one knows when?

I'm just happy to be working.

[sts]

>Im thinking about jumping ship<

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzUoANyVZk0

[thadeal4real]

Lol I'm sorry as a honest hard working American you guys need to get a real job

[arbys]

I do wish all the furloughed workers the best but I do wish that so many of you weren't "insulated" from the real job world which the rest of us had to experience every day, every year.

[Ben M.]

Originally Posted by arbys

I do wish all the furloughed workers the best but I do wish that so many of you weren't "insulated" from the real job world which the rest of us had to experience every day, every year.

Only someone who has never worked for a government agency would think that we are insulated from the rest of the world. Layoffs, benefits being slashed (if being given at all), budget cuts, and dumb%() managers are all part of every job today, regardless of where you work.

[455firebird1969]

Originally Posted by thadeal4real

Lol I'm sorry as a honest hard working American you guys need to get a real job

I served 26 years of active duty, five years as a contractor, and now I'm training IET soldiers how to maintain a CH-47 helicopter on the third shift (0100-0900), and you think you are above me, because you are "hard working and honest"? In what branch of the military did you serve? How many deployments have you made? How many holidays have you spent away from your family? When is the last time you flew all night in crappy weather, searching for a fellow American who will perish unless rescued?

Please elaborate on why you think a government worker needs a "real job".

[arbys]

I can't speak for thadeal4real but as for myself I don't place the military in the same classification as the everyday government worker.

[Icefan71]

Originally Posted by thadeal4real

Lol I'm sorry as a honest hard working American you guys need to get a real job

Yeah, please explain.

Back to topic - Sorry for your worries, guys. Nobody should have to worry about their jobs.

[Captainofiron]

Originally Posted by arbys

I do wish all the furloughed workers the best but I do wish that so many of you weren't "insulated" from the real job world which the rest of us had to experience every day, every year.

there really isnt a way to work in the space industry that isnt government funded/supported

even when they say commercial or private space, it just means they are providing a service to NASA or DOD or NOAA or some other federal acronym

[zephyrracer]

Just want to say I hope some day people will wake up and see government isn't working for we the people it works for itself, everyone should be on the same playing field and the same rules, everyone should pay their share and the government as well, as a private citizen it erks my ass when government workers get an increase in living standards mine goes down !!! all retirement should be in a locked box and government hands off that's why we are in the trouble we are in. I feel for you but realize this government is turning people into surf and sloth basically slaves. I should close with what I have just said as I could expound on whats going on in this country and best not but I say this THE NEWS MEDIA IS PUBLIC ENEMY #1 AND SOCIALISM HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE NEWS MEDIA AND OUR GOVERNMENT.

Stop being pawns and take care Gregg

[rexs73gto]

Our goverment has not been working for the public for a very long time. The only one the gov. cares for it theirselves, & how much money they can get in their own pocket. I truly believe that all the sen. & congress should be paid what ever the national avg. person makes & then we will see how many would really want to serve the people who vote for them. NONE. They only get into politics to see how fast they can become millionares. It's not by the people , for the people , it's not all for me & none for you & hope you put me in for another term so I can show you how much I can do for me. Term limits, no more lifetime terms because it turn into a joke because they don't work for anyone but themselves. Why is it I work my entire life & when I need my social security I get enough to be below poverty?? A senetor makes $ 147.000 a year & only work when they want to.Everything they want ^ then some. I never got to vote if I got a raise but in the worst times the gov. can vote to get a raise any time they want. A joke. I have gotten 1 raise in my SS in 4 years when they have gotten more in raises in 1 years then I recieve total. I say get rid of all of them & start over with all new. Lets get these lazy assholes out & find some that will look out for the public & not just themselves. Then next we stop supporting the rest of the world & all the countries who we just give & give money to who don't like us & call us rotten names, FU@& them all stop giving all our moeny to people who hate us & give it to our own who love us. Close the boards & if they don't like it , tell them to kiss our a&&. Why do we have to be the country who pays the rest of the world. Feed the hungry, NO feed the USA.

[1966Lemans]

Originally Posted by Captainofiron

there really isnt a way to work in the space industry that isnt government funded/supported

even when they say commercial or private space, it just means they are providing a service to NASA or DOD or NOAA or some other federal acronym

No kidding! I have a degree in Electrical Engineering, and there would be almost no place to practice my trade if it wasn't for the Defense (my first 8 years) and NASA/Space (my subsequent 20 years) industries.

Most of the criticism of elected officials is probably valid, but the overwhelming number of federal employees, and federal contractors, are hard working Americans, and don't deserve the bad rap.

[455firebird1969]

Originally Posted by 1966Lemans

Most of the criticism of elected officials is probably valid, but the overwhelming number of federal employees, and federal contractors, are hard working Americans, and don't deserve the bad rap.

Thats an accurate statement, well said!

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by Captainofiron

Anybody else furloughed?

mods please not this is not a political thread.

Im thinking about jumping ship, lately all the layoffs and every year the furlough threats are getting to be unbearable

you will get back pay..

[Scarebird]

Originally Posted by zephyrracer

Just want to say I hope some day people will wake up and see government isn't working for we the people it works for itself, everyone should be on the same playing field and the same rules, everyone should pay their share and the government as well, as a private citizen it erks my ass when government workers get an increase in living standards mine goes down !!! all retirement should be in a locked box and government hands off that's why we are in the trouble we are in. I feel for you but realize this government is turning people into surf and sloth basically slaves. I should close with what I have just said as I could expound on whats going on in this country and best not but I say this THE NEWS MEDIA IS PUBLIC ENEMY #1 AND SOCIALISM HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE NEWS MEDIA AND OUR GOVERNMENT.

Stop being pawns and take care Gregg

ah. So my social security is gone and my 401k and union pension are flying high then? Must be beer:30 in Bizarroland...