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Posted: 9/9/2019 2:50:22 AM EDT
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Decentralize DC? Winning!
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Posted: 9/9/2019 4:38:27 AM EDT
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They live in D.C. and can't find another job? Really? |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 6:41:53 AM EDT
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KSU, OSU, ISU and TAMU will gladly fill the void with Ag Specialists. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 7:34:04 AM EDT
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Whining from the same commie faggots who want to disband ICE....
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Posted: 9/9/2019 7:39:20 AM EDT
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lol ZERO pity for whiny ass entitled government civilian employees.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 7:44:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t have a problem with the move really, but suggesting USDA employees are equivalent to “traitors” is just asinine  |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 7:56:14 AM EDT
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I currently am dealing with two .gov departments - the VA and USCIS.
EVERY single person is a hostile, worthless turd incapable of the most simple of tasks. The stonewalling and red tape would drive even the most level headed of individuals to lash out. They respond to you in scripts they have written, and seems they aren't fully aware of what's going on. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:06:12 AM EDT
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ZFG
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:06:12 AM EDT
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Transgenders constitute 0.6% of the US population. How is it that they merit what seems to be over half of the "news stories" being put out by the propaganda bureaus? Anyway, a lot of large companies are moving divisions to different locations these days. I’ve seen two separate instances of them doing wholesale layoffs with no rehire and no internal transfer. I’m sure it’s because they don’t want to pay relo costs. Fucking over long term employees to save a buck. US corporate culture sucks. They wonder why there’s no employee loyalty. TC |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:11:38 AM EDT
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She worked for 28 years for the department of agriculture and didn’t save any money?
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:30:30 AM EDT
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Should be some GS-13 and higher openings coming up on USAJOBS.COM
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:34:45 AM EDT
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On the face of it I don't care if they stay or if they go but the problem is at the state level with the ones that are forced to leave or stay, even if it's just for a few months before they go somewhere else.
Most of those employees live in NoVA or suburban MD so if they were not already predisposed to vote dem they damn sure have a good reason to now. Virginia damn sure did not need anymore peeps voting dem come this November. 
Thinking on it a bit I really don't see going "where the food is" as much of a argument given that the USDA already has offices "where the food is". Seems like huge boondoggle/pork project to me. “After months of advocating to Secretary Perdue that NIFA and ERS ought to be relocated to the Kansas City area, I’m thrilled that USDA has selected Kansas City to house these critical research agencies,” Sen. Moran (R-KS) said. Never mind the all those new jobs the two KS Senators are harping about will be done by people that don't want to be there and will vote dem just out of spite when they get there. So what it amounts to is Virginia gets fucked first this November then KS afterwards.....Careful what you wish for because transplants are never good for a state.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:40:29 AM EDT
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Two thirds quit. New jobs for the folks of KC. Nice. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:48:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: USDA doesn't employ ag specialists, DHS does. Ag specialists are already understaffed by 30% to 50% depending on staffing model applied. Couple that with DHS cant manage to hire new hires with required degrees for a large number of reasons, and while attrition is running maybe 5% yearly(which is 100 bodies) they only manage to hire 80. Been that way for YEARS(hence the massive shortfall of bodies). Add in that 33k yearly for a job that requires a 4 year degree and suddenly a job that literally pays 30% less than average entry level for biology degree holders (50K) pay isn't so attractive. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:50:26 AM EDT
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please explain DHS role in Ag? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: USDA doesn't employ ag specialists, DHS does. Ag specialists are already understaffed by 30% to 50% depending on staffing model applied. Couple that with DHS cant manage to hire new hires with required degrees for a large number of reasons, and while attrition is running maybe 5% yearly(which is 100 bodies) they only manage to hire 80. Been that way for YEARS(hence the massive shortfall of bodies). Add in that 33k yearly for a job that requires a 4 year degree and suddenly a job that literally pays 30% less than average entry level for biology degree holders (50K) pay isn't so attractive. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 8:53:23 AM EDT
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Johnson did not want to quit her job. In addition to spearheading a climate change research program, she spent her days helping forest scientists find funding.
But Kansas City was never an option. It meant moving far from her daughter, who recently gave birth to Johnson’s first grandchild. And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman. Johnson physically transitioned from male to female about three years ago, the latest challenge in what has been the most difficult decade of her life — during which Johnson joined “three clubs I don’t wish upon anyone: lost a spouse, lost a child and I’m trans.” Her wife, Jane, died of breast cancer 11 years ago. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:05:05 AM EDT
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Should be some GS-13 and higher openings coming up on USAJOBS.COM |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:06:24 AM EDT
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Johnson did not want to quit her job. In addition to spearheading a climate change research program, she spent her days helping forest scientists find funding. But Kansas City was never an option. It meant moving far from her daughter, who recently gave birth to Johnson’s first grandchild. And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman. Johnson physically transitioned from male to female about three years ago, the latest challenge in what has been the most difficult decade of her life — during which Johnson joined “three clubs I don’t wish upon anyone: lost a spouse, lost a child and I’m trans.” Her wife, Jane, died of breast cancer 11 years ago. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:11:11 AM EDT
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That was the most hilarious article I have ever read. It touches all the bases dead kid, new grandchildren, transgender person. I am a federal employee and if my job was to DC I’d quit, and wouldn’t cry about it.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:11:13 AM EDT
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lol
These moves will purge more leftist swamp-dwellers than any sort of scorched earth firing plan would. AND, they'll do it willingly and quickly by quitting or retiring. Winning! |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:14:10 AM EDT
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We should have gave India a shot. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:16:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is no way the percentage is that high. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:20:17 AM EDT
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Saving 300 million bucks. While draining the swamp. Win/win
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:20:53 AM EDT
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Oh well, plenty of folks will be willing to take their place. Also, this will separate the wheat from the chaff as the older, more traditional, bureaucrats are replaced by younger, more dedicated, people who want to work and serve. Unfortunately, we will lose much richness and vibrancy...
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:21:46 AM EDT
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Once you bureaucrats quit your over paid govt “jobs” in DC feel free to move back to where you came from. Thanks, from actual Virginians.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:22:09 AM EDT
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These articles never have a way to leave a comment either I wonder why
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:24:42 AM EDT
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Once you bureaucrats quit your over paid govt “jobs” in DC feel free to move back to where you came from. Thanks, from actual Virginians.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:25:58 AM EDT
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If I were stuck working in DC/NoVA and heard that news I'd ecstatic!
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:28:34 AM EDT
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Funny the media almost always runs sobs stories about government jobs. Private businesses relocate, downsize, and go bankrupt all the time. I remember when they shut down the Navy Annex and moved a big chunk of HQMC down to Quantico how the folks who lived in DC wailed and beat their breasts over having to make the move. They were sure they were gonna be met by burning crosses on every street corner and the Klan would be riding by their houses every night, "Lawsy me, da harrah, da harrah!!!" What they found was lower taxes, lower prices, better standards of living, better schools, less crime (for awhile anyways). It was even better for the Navy-side folks who relocated to Millington! |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:29:32 AM EDT
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Oh well, plenty of folks will be willing to take their place. Also, this will separate the wheat from the chaff as the older, more traditional, bureaucrats are replaced by younger, more dedicated, people who want to work and serve. Unfortunately, we will lose much richness and vibrancy... |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:29:36 AM EDT
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Transgenders constitute 0.6% of the US population. How is it that they merit what seems to be over half of the "news stories" being put out by the propaganda bureaus? |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:31:30 AM EDT
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Do you really buy that number, uncritically? The census explanation seems to make sense. Not that Trump isn't growing the federal government (at least the budget), but it just seems like you're nevertrumping  Anyways, this seems like a good move, decentralizing the feds. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trump added 34,000 government jobs last month. As for the workers, life is hard...deal with it. The census explanation seems to make sense. Not that Trump isn't growing the federal government (at least the budget), but it just seems like you're nevertrumping Anyways, this seems like a good move, decentralizing the feds. A 150,000 job increase is what was expected. The number came in at only 130,000. If you take away the 25,000 temporary worker jobs that means the jobs created was actually 105,000 compared to the expected 150,000. Which points to Trump's economy being weaker than he claims. That isn't NeverTrumping, those are just a discussion on the numbers the government released. A lot of negative economic indicators appeared in August. I hope they are just a glitch in the numbers due to restructuring and September is back to better than expected numbers. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:32:20 AM EDT
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And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:37:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: please explain DHS role in Ag? @BorderBacon Citations https://www.npr.org/2011/01/14/132940190/The-Effect-Of-Rising-Food-Prices-On-Political-Stability  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 9:39:37 AM EDT
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There is certainly plenty welcoming of that crap in the Westport Area. Quote HistoryQuoted:
And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:09:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: please explain DHS role in Ag? Agricultural Officers with DHS/CBP/OFO detect, test, track, analyze these threats and stop them from coming to the US. Customs and Border Protection Officers (OFO) do the job of finding and seizing these items during inspections at borders or border nexus points - and provide them to the Ag Officer. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:15:04 AM EDT
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Two thirds quit. New jobs for the folks of KC. Nice. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:21:58 AM EDT
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So they made this whole story basically about one trans .gov employee
Who cares. Companies move all the time in the private sector That said trans or not, losing the spouse to cancer and then a son to drugs, then your job changes, that sucks. Last I knew when the government transferred you, they paid the moving bill. Quit your bitching about the woe is me. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:23:07 AM EDT
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In this kind of move, the very worst employees are the ones who will take the relocation. They don't have any other options, and they can sleep in their cubicles as easily in KC as in DC. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh well, plenty of folks will be willing to take their place. Also, this will separate the wheat from the chaff as the older, more traditional, bureaucrats are replaced by younger, more dedicated, people who want to work and serve. Unfortunately, we will lose much richness and vibrancy... |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:23:07 AM EDT
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I wouldn't want to live in Kansas either
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:29:38 AM EDT
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No, They can't find another super specific GG-14 grade position that allows them to primarly fuck off all day. There are allways positions availible, but they may have to work as a contractor, GASP... or take a position that actually requires some level of participation Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They live in D.C. and can't find another job? Really? As was mentioned in the article, one good choice available to these folks is to go to work writing the proposals they would have been reviewing back at their old job. But I know people who work in that field in DC, and you don't get to fuck around. You get swamped with work and you've got to put out quality product and put it out right the fuck now. If that means working super long days and weekends and holidays that's what you do. This sort of position will be a horrific culture shock to someone insulated in what is essentially an academia type job with additional protections form being a Fed employee. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:30:00 AM EDT
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KC? Should have moved them to Nebraska.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:30:27 AM EDT
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Yup... the shovel leaners aren't the one jumping ship, its the good ones with prospects. Moreover, what is the "people who want to work and serve" bullshit... working a government job is not "serving" - 9.9 times out of ten its simply milking the system and stealing from your neighbor - the only good government is a small government - screw virtually anyone who make a long-term living from their neighbors taxes Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh well, plenty of folks will be willing to take their place. Also, this will separate the wheat from the chaff as the older, more traditional, bureaucrats are replaced by younger, more dedicated, people who want to work and serve. Unfortunately, we will lose much richness and vibrancy... |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:31:17 AM EDT
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Lol. God forbid the USDA actually be where the food is grown.
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:34:23 AM EDT
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So I’m not supposed to have prejudices of transgender people, but it has prejudices of Midwesterners.
Got it. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:37:40 AM EDT
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They got off easy. Should have moved them to garden city ks. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:50:27 AM EDT
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well, yeah that does suck. Kinda like being in the private sector and dealing with outsourcing, mergers, buyouts and all the crap everyone else has to deal with. Been there, done that many times. I guess it deserves an article because it's a government agency? I can see some arguement for keeping brass in dc but in all reality they fly around so much it doesn't matter where their "office" is, except for how it changes the cola calculation. But it won't really matter much because they will just stay in travel status and keep their pay pretty similar. |
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:56:20 AM EDT
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Where's the Bender, "Let me laugh harder" pic?
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:56:40 AM EDT
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Ha ha ha
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Posted: 9/9/2019 10:58:15 AM EDT
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They lead off with some climate change lady in the Ag Dept bwah ha ha
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