Trump Continues to Fire Veterans

[slewfoot]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...92fe0705&ei=21


Ben Gibson moved from Idaho to Washington, DC, to work with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In five months, DOGE terminated his job along with thousands of other probationary federal workers.

Gibson said he just received an email and was let go the same day with no clarity.

I served in the US Navy for 8 ½ years and later spent nearly five years working in the private sector as a technical communicator before I was laid off in August 2023.

About a year later, I found myself deciding between two competing job offers: a Washington, DC-based government job with the US Department of Veterans Affairs or a remote six-figure job in private equity.

I had some difficult conversations with my family, and I ultimately decided to take the federal job. Its mission felt closer to my heart, and I really wanted to settle into a lifelong career with guaranteed retirement.

On February 13, after I had just gotten home from the office, I received an email saying I had been terminated, highlighting my probationary status. I was shocked. It felt completely surreal, and it was an awful experience.

I moved to DC and started my job at the end of August 2024. My plan was to pay for two leases until my wife and son joined me at the end of the school year

I started my work right away with the Office of Enterprise Integration at the VA. Our overarching goal was to take executive branch mandates and run them through policy analysis to determine a projected timeline, cost, and resource need.

I had never received a performance review. I just remember thinking the termination was insane, and a piece of me didn't believe it.

I texted the senior executive I worked directly under and told her I got fired. She thought I was joking. It wasn't only unbelievable to me but also to most of our senior leaders, who should've been involved in the decision-making process or at least aware of the changes being made.

I wasn't required to sign anything before or after my termination, I just received an email. The next day, I went into the office to turn in my equipment and badge, and I said a few quick goodbyes.

[DJ_Critterus]

Headline: Slewfoot continues to troll with the expertise of a baby shitting its diaper.

[Tikiman]

Just because you are a veteran does not mean that you aren't a steaming pile of communist excrement. Look at Mark Kelly.

[TheHammer]

Oh well, he made a bad decision opting for the Federal job. Suck it up buttercup, Fed jobs aren't forever anymore.

[Bill]

I really wanted to settle into a lifelong career with guaranteed retirement.

Here's the problem. This is the way people look at government jobs. Get hired, lifetime employment is automatic.

I started my work right away with the Office of Enterprise Integration at the VA. Our overarching goal was to take executive branch mandates and run them through policy analysis to determine a projected timeline, cost, and resource need.

Whut?

[Chemtrails99]

Don't understand why some people think being a veteran is a golden ticket for the rest of their life. They already get GI Bill and healthcare. You get hurt in the military they pay for your medical forever. You get hurt at a company there is a settlement and it's your problem the rest of your life. But vets are supposed to be given a job for the rest of their lives too? That's a lot of the reason so many federal workers are crap. Same attitude.

[RedLS1GTO]

It's pretty sad that someone has been reduced to nothing more than copying and pasting stupid shit they see on MSN.

[RedLS1GTO]

I served in the US Navy for 8 ½ years and later spent nearly five years working in the private sector as a technical communicator before I was laid off in August 2023.

So what you're actually saying is that Biden cost him the career that he had spent 13 years working towards, forcing him into a probationary .gov role as a last resort.

Thanks for clarifying.

[Over140mph]

Last warning on creating troll threads

[Chemtrails99]

Originally Posted by slewfoot

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[Frankie the Fink]

Not to detract from this guy getting canned (and prob now reinstated per a judge's order) - this is what drives outsiders nuts:

"Office of Enterprise Integration at the VA. Our overarching goal was to take executive branch mandates and run them through policy analysis to determine a projected timeline, cost, and resource need."

Another generic, vague job description smacking of bullshit.... Producing milestones, budget projections, staffing requirements to meet a pre-ordained 'mandate' is Project Management, not policy analysis.. WTF ?

And the guy's previous entree into this position was as a "technical communicator" a Best Buy blue shirt Geek Squad rep, a speech writer for non-nerds. Again, WTF ?

[snide]

When did veterans become a protected class?

[Frankie the Fink]

Originally Posted by snide

When did veterans become a protected class?

They have always had hiring preference in civil service., I hope they always will.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

They have always had hiring preference in civil service., I hope they always will.

No issues with that.

[donuts]

You’re a busy man Slew .. better be careful or you might get called up by The View

[Frankie the Fink]

"Slew on The Vies" ?

Has a certain ring to it, could double the show's viewership to 14...