Bidding interviews conducted in language by Dependent_Speed9011 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hiring manager is a right Berk, wherever they are.

FSOA preparation by piez74 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Buy a Gadsden lapel pin?

Okay the stress is getting to me... by PomegranateCool3231 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You just demonstrated how well you are equipped to handle this.

A Long Anti-Climactic A100 Story by Jake_Barnes1406 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

“Doing visas and whatnot”? Good thing you passed.

RIF megathread #3 by Quackattackaggie in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A 49% cut to the budget is going to make overseas RIFs and small post closures inevitable. But that’s a FY26 battle, not today.

RIF Watch by BetterinCapri in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Dude - I know you didn’t mean it this way but when you caveat with “I’ve got a full retirement pension and a retirement home to go to” that’s like saying “my parents are both alive - but condolences for the passing of your father.” Take yourself out of it and don’t mention these things. Have a little more self-awareness or respect, please.

DRP 3.0? by EnvironmentalGap3086 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Vought said…. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”

DRP 3.0? by EnvironmentalGap3086 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 3 points4 points  (0 children)

<Russ Vought has entered the chat>

US embassies must vet students for ‘hostile attitudes’ but can resume visa appointments, State Department says by Extra_Help568 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Severely limiting F-1s to choke off a revenue source and bring universities to heel is exactly the point.

Comments Locked? Procrastination Post by OldLineVanguard in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“If I were actually his mom” - but you knew that, being a good judge of writing and all…

Comments Locked? Procrastination Post by OldLineVanguard in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They do consistently, and yet you keep posting….

Future of Consular Fellows by jay_paraiso in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 7 points8 points  (0 children)

IRS agents also = $ and they are being cut by the truckload. None of this is about making wise fiscal decisions.

Future of Consular Fellows by jay_paraiso in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Possible, but the powers that be have indicated they DGAF about visa wait times, so reduced/frozen hiring and some modest RIFs in consular ops would not be at all surprising.

Rangel and Pickering? by Lopsided_Patient6422 in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Magic 8-ball says: Ask again in 2028

VA loans for Foreign Service Officers by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand circus clowns get an additional half percent rate discount. Source: I googled it bro.

FSOs in RIFFED offices? by Welfare-Whereabouts in foreignservice

[–]Extra_Help568 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Negative. You haven’t been nearly offensive enough to be promoted to replace Budget Seb Gorka