lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoIs it okay to continue to work for a (non-defense) federal government agency under an administration hostile to my own moral and ethical beliefs?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to continue to work for a (non-defense) federal government agency under an administration hostile to my own moral and ethical beliefs?lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoSo long as you have some savings, a government shutdown is more a vacation than anything. Back pay has always been given to employees.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoI would not be surprised if this was repealed (if only as an effort to further purge government employees): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Employee_Fair_Treatment_Act_of_2019 Prior to this, my understanding is that back pay was given in good faith, not by actual requirements.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours ago10s of Thousands of people motivated by not getting a week or so of pay because you couldn’t get your act together is bad for reelection prospects.
So long as you have some savings, a government shutdown is more a vacation than anything. Back pay has always been given to employees.
I would not be surprised if this was repealed (if only as an effort to further purge government employees):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Employee_Fair_Treatment_Act_of_2019
Prior to this, my understanding is that back pay was given in good faith, not by actual requirements.
10s of Thousands of people motivated by not getting a week or so of pay because you couldn’t get your act together is bad for reelection prospects.