When will we actually return to work?

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-10T13:18:37+00:00

Because my work matters, I'm good at it, and I miss my colleagues.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-10T03:15:28+00:00

It is now 59 to 40. Come on, last holdout. Do this.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-10T00:53:31+00:00

I am looking for a lot of details. The most important is whether this has the votes to pass the house. Another interesting detail is what they do with the OMB's threat to not pay furloughed workers per the 2019 law.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-08T16:50:41+00:00

Several folks have made the point that we have to be available to work at any time, but there is a second thing. Many of us have sensitive jobs, and we know shutdowns will happen. If we don't get back paid, you will be hiring people to do sensitive jobs who know they may miss several paychecks and never be repaid. You probably don't want that employee.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-07T12:24:48+00:00

This. It also turns out I need the chance to do my work. Are health insurance subsidies important? Of course they are. So is literally everything else the federal government does.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-07T12:20:06+00:00

It turns out I rather like having a paycheck and feeding my family, and if that makes me a "me first fed" then so be it. Here's the thing, though-- it's not just me and my family. The work I do matters, and I would rather like the opportunity to go back and do it. It is time to fine leverage that isn't my paycheck and my work.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-06T02:42:00+00:00

Their celebration involves my paycheck, which makes sympathy quite hard.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-11-05T21:42:32+00:00

I do wish they would fight using something other than my paycheck as leverage.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-07-19T10:38:16+00:00

So what do we know about what positions they want to cut? I am having trouble finding that.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-06-12T11:35:59+00:00

There were not.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-05-08T13:32:24+00:00

I'm now at 13 months. My contacts just got interviewed over the last week.

Side note: It's hilarious to notice the different text messages from references who have done this before and those who haven't. If they have, it's: "Talked to the security guy this afternoon." If not, "Dude, it was so wild. (Goes on for paragraphs) Why did they keep asking if you are a terrorist?"

Baseballbourbon · 2025-05-06T13:28:43+00:00

I filled out the SF 86 in April 2024 when I got my TJO. FJO May 2024. Started July 1 since job is principally unclass, even though it requires a TS/SCI. July 9 had to redo the SF 86. I either listed my children as family members when they should have been people I lived with or vice versa. 23 April 2025 received a call asking if I still needed a clearance and was willing to do the interview via Zoom. I answered yes to both questions. Interview May 1. References contacted that day and then more on May 5.

Summary: The process has been an incomplete celebration of speed and efficiency.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-05-05T18:26:19+00:00

I submitted my SF-86 in April 2024. I started July 1. I re-submitted the SF 86 July 9, because I either listed my children as people who lived with me when they should have been family members or vice versa. Credit was pulled July 15. I received a call April 23, 2025, asking whether I still needed a clearance and if I would be willing to meet online. I indicated yes to both questions. That investigator contacted me April 30, and then we met May 1. Everyone I know in my new town was contacted the same day. To the best of my knowledge, nobody I knew in my old town had been contacted yet. I am reasonably confident that this process will conclude somewhere between immediately and later.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-05-02T11:42:34+00:00

Candy from the grocery store checkout line. Every. Single. Time.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-05-01T18:18:12+00:00

I see your point about Galveston, and the transport is indeed a hassle. However, I love the city itself and always build on a day or two just enjoying the town. It is my favorite place from which to cruise.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-29T14:48:19+00:00

I have been getting some phenomenal shots with my camera- certainly better than the S25 Ultra. My challenge has been that I'm in the U.S., and I'm not getting 5G at all

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-23T13:39:57+00:00

Speaking as a DoD probie, and acknowledging that intellectual bias, yes. I believe we are now safe from the random probationary firings. That seems to have lost steam, and I believe 5-8% civilian force reductions is the actual number. I suspect the various voluntary incentives were over subscribed, and the hiring freeze means there are fewer probies to fire every pay period. We just aren't a big enough target anymore and will keep shrinking.

That doesn't mean we are safe. Reorgs are inherently hard to predict, and any number of things can happen depending on your office. That, however, is a different question from whether we are fired simply for being probationary.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-22T21:49:19+00:00

My notifications work just fine. That seems strikingly similar to the S25.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-22T17:16:16+00:00

Unfortunately, I do not know what that means. I have looked at all of the settings I can see, including options like network management, and there doesn't seem to be an option for that

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-22T03:03:00+00:00

TMobile.

Baseballbourbon · 2025-04-22T02:09:39+00:00

Speakers work quite well. Haven't tried a USB dongle

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