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    Default Re: FireWeatherMet Account Talk

    I miss the random posts with the jamaican dude smoking a J lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by nnuut View Post
    Was involved in two shutdowns or more and always got paid for the time off the next payday after the shutdown, Free Vacation and paid for it, nobody is NOT getting paid.
    NNuut,

    I, and lots of other Federal Government employees, were furloughed one day a pay period for multiple months a few years ago. WE WERE NEVER PAID.

    Personally, I did fine. I got some part time computer programming work and ended up positive for the year, but not everybody can do that. And, it was a gigantic pain in the butt and lots of work. When the furlough ended I still had to find time to finish that project - on my own time. All good, not complaining.

    However, it is a canard to say that furloughed people are going to get paid. They will not if they are furloughed on a schedule (like a day every pay period).

    The gubmint is broke and we are being treated like all employees of bankrupting companies. See Sears and K-Mart employment as an example.
    Lookin' up at the 'G Fund'!!!

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    As good as the F fund has treated me over the past week, 2 big news items have changed the story.

    1) FED Chief publicly saying they would be cautious about hiking too much.

    2) Great employment numbers showing US is not anywhere close to beginning a Recession.

    Normally #2 would kill reaon #1 but in this case it doesn't seem so, at least for the short term.
    In staying fluid and not getting left behind, I'm shedding my F position and going 100% S COB today.
    Avoiding C due to Apple concerns.
    CURRENTLY 100% G (as of COB 03/18/2024) 1st March IFT

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    Beware the 'F Fund'...
    Beware the 'Ides of March'...
    Lookin' up at the 'G Fund'!!!

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    Boghie
    I never heard of that happening or at least where I was working for 36 years. I worked for the Navy at a Nuclear Shipyard and a USAF Maintenance Center for the DOD and never lost a stinking PENNY. Other organizations may have handled it differently. I believe that thing that happened to you was a very small percentage of government employees.
    List of agencies affected by the United States federal government shutdown of 2013

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...utdown_of_2013



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    Boghie is talking abouit the Sequestration of 2013 where we all took a 20% pay cut for several months. That hurt our organization because we are prefunded and we ended the fiscal year with too much left so take it away next year. We had people hurt because the financial hardship affected the clearaces of some folks living too close to the edge and we lost them for a year or more until they could get back in. The actual furloughs happened after the new fiscal year and didn't affect us.


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    Quote Originally Posted by sniper View Post
    I miss the random posts with the jamaican dude smoking a J lol
    I miss the Sugar and Spice posts. they were too funny.
    "Our Constitution was made only for a Moral and Religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the goverment of any other." John Adams 10/11/1798

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cactus View Post
    Boghie is talking abouit the Sequestration of 2013 where we all took a 20% pay cut for several months. That hurt our organization because we are prefunded and we ended the fiscal year with too much left so take it away next year. We had people hurt because the financial hardship affected the clearaces of some folks living too close to the edge and we lost them for a year or more until they could get back in. The actual furloughs happened after the new fiscal year and didn't affect us.
    That was it.

    I worked (and still work for) the DOD. I think you had already retired NNuut so you didn't get to live that dream. That experience in 2013 was a bad one. Not a killer, but not a vacation either. The previous 'shutdowns' were made whole financially soon after the gubmint reopened. I was expecting what happened so I was ready. But, like Cactus says, there were quite a few who were really hurt during that one.

    The DoD has been authorized for FY2019, so no issues for me.
    Lookin' up at the 'G Fund'!!!

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    For those who say the shutdown has no effect on the economy.
    SHUTDOWN TRIMS GDP 0.1% EVERY 2 WEEKS
    Government Shutdown Cuts 0.1% From GDP Every 2 Weeks: White House | Fortune
    CURRENTLY 100% G (as of COB 03/18/2024) 1st March IFT

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boghie View Post
    That was it.

    I worked (and still work for) the DOD. I think you had already retired NNuut so you didn't get to live that dream. That experience in 2013 was a bad one. Not a killer, but not a vacation either. The previous 'shutdowns' were made whole financially soon after the gubmint reopened. I was expecting what happened so I was ready. But, like Cactus says, there were quite a few who were really hurt during that one.

    The DoD has been authorized for FY2019, so no issues for me.
    Yer right I retired in 2010.



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    Survived the 21 day under Clinton. Missed the one in 2013, retired in 2012. This one, the contractor I'm working for is fully funded so we will be paid. I'm praying it doesn't last much longer so folks don't lose homes, cars or security clearances.
    May the force be with us.

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    If you’re buying or selling a home, the federal government shutdown could pose big problems


    https://fox13now.com/2019/01/04/if-y...-big-problems/

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