US government shutdown impact

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No politics or blame. Just a place to chat about being impacted by the US shutdown.

For me I’m a contractor and capped in hours atm till funding resumes and if it continues too long then things might get weird/rough. Also was planning to use a federal park nearby for my sons birthday but now have to mahd other plans.

Basically I’m stressed cause every week it’s like hmm do we have a job still or did things change again.

I’m thankful I still get paid during this but I do worry it’ll get worse before it gets better and the reduction in pay is kind of rough on the meantime. Not life breaking because I can cash out PTO to supplement it for now…

So anyone else impacted either in work or things that are shutdown?

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Don’t make this more than it is please and if it feels like it’s not worth even chating about it here feel free to remove it. I’ll even tag @jhb8426 for awareness

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Thanks for the heads up. As long as people just use it to discuss their circumstances it’s all good. Just keep politics and the blame game out.

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I can only imagine how stressful that is! Not knowing sucks and well, it’s just not right. I hope it’s a short turn for you and all the thousands who are in the same boat.

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Also been doing a bit of Uber and grub hub and to make up for lost time but yeah… thankful I signed up for those and kept them going little every month since 2022 as a stop gap

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Our town supports 3 military bases locally.

There is a lot of stress around here. Armed forces are still working… but no paychecks.

I pray it gets figured out sooner than later.

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I have a college friend that owns a government consulting company in Virginia. His people get hammered when this happens. Since they are furloughed, they get no pay. They also get no back-pay since they are not able to log billable-hours during the shutdown because they are furloughed hourly employees. It is the outsourced consultants that bear the real pain.

My friend gripes because he has to continue to provide benefits even though no one is billing. After visiting his house; I do not feel even remotely sorry for him.

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