I have a family member who is already looking for other jobs.

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Jan 20, 2019
6:54:17am

BeefNoodleCoug All-American

But yeah, if it were me I would be at a minimum driving Uber or delivering Amazon to try and keep sane.

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BeefNoodleCoug

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How long does the gov’t shutdown need to last before gov’t employees decide to enter the private sector?

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

1/20/19 3:41am

Those pensions and health benefits are too good to give up and a huge liability

WDaddy

1/20/19 5:31am

How long would/could you wait?

CrimWalCoug

1/20/19 5:33am

Yeah I agree. As an older employee, I'd be working out of a temp agency already

WDaddy

1/20/19 5:42am

I could wait awhile, plenty of banks offering interest free loans for those

califcougar

1/20/19 6:02am

FERS is not that great of a pension anymore and the employee is the one

RWaters

1/20/19 7:38am

Correct. The benefits for FERS are still good when you retire but the

cougarfan84

1/20/19 8:11am

I have a family member who is already looking for other jobs.

BeefNoodleCoug

1/20/19 6:54am

That's rough for fed. Employees required to work.

Great38

1/20/19 8:27am

The ones getting back pay have an incentive to stay

donnerstag

1/20/19 9:02am

This won’t happen because they would actually have to get a job where

Idahofallsblue

1/20/19 9:31am

Isn't half of Idaho Falls gov. employees?

Great38

1/20/19 9:40am

Who knows. Probably. I don’t think the site workers are furloughed. Maybe I’m

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