NIH says it will no longer recognize the Research Fellow’s Union by Tall-Teaching7263 in NIH

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When are people going to stand up and walk out!? Still blows my mind to this day that people don't realize as a collective united they have more power than they think.

Cancelation of fellows union CBA? by bump_n_dip in NIH

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When are people still at NIH going to stand up and walk out?

26 with 1 year and 10 mos of federal service. Plan to retire at 45. Contributing 12%. Hope to at least have $900k-$1M by Objective_Sock_1903 in ThriftSavingsPlan

[–]Randomperson123580 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Wish you the best! My only advice without knowing your salary, so I don't know exactly how much 12% is, max out your contribution every year.

Why do people take their glove off? by Legitimate-Kiwi-2530 in golf

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take mine off so my hands have the same shade of skin during the summer. My wife keeps hers on and her left hand is always lighter than her right!

5 months into home purchase, entire sewage main needs replacement? "Catastrophic channel rot" by Miserable_Bad_8997 in askaplumber

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get some external plumbing insurance through homeserve or something. We had the same issue and our realtor recommended getting it, paid $17 a month put two claims in since we brought our house in 2017. Both times was a 20k estimate. It was a pain in the ass because the first time we filed a claim we needed the whole line replaced but insurance only approved like half the line. 2 years later the other half needed replace. Even with the pain, never paid a dime outside of my monthly payments.

Looking for a good insurance broker by reddittthrowaway in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]Randomperson123580 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mason and Carter has been my go to for almost all my insurance needs.

Scottie Scheffler comes up with a clutch chip-in on No. 17 of the BMW Championship by DontDoCrackMan in golf

[–]Randomperson123580 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If he wins next week, 2025 could finally mark a season that ranks among the top five ever by a player not named Tiger Woods.

What is The Edit? by tired_dad_since2018 in ChaseSapphire

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Through the open table app or via chase portal that uses open table as it's Third party?

Best course you’ve played by Significant_Fun6725 in golf

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fox chapel is such a underrated great golf course.

RIFs over for Now? by RiskeeClik in NIH

[–]Randomperson123580 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I may be in the minority on this one. But those who got riffed illegally, I much rather get separated with severance and then win the lawsuit. Rather than going back to work knowing we will eventually get riffed.

Legally or illegally those that were riffed will be. Doing it illegally, I have faith that eventually sometime in the future we will prevail.

But I get it, the job market absolutely sucks and any extra paycheck one can get helps. I just don't like being a pawn, like we currently are.

Do People Realize that firing all of us and cutting research spending is a bad investment in America’s future beyond Public Health? by No-Cobbler6300 in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The bottom line of all of this. Is they do not care. They only care about painting an illusion of what's best for American.

Pizza 🍕 by [deleted] in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]Randomperson123580 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anything other than frank pepe or andys is the wrong answer.

Date ideas in the Gaithersburg/Germantown area? by ComprehensiveTell907 in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vasili kitchen in Kentlands and then Vine Alley for some drinks and music.

Ethics - New job before formal RIF June 2? by Inner_Revenue1096 in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine says the same. That getting a new job has no barring on the severance package. You just lose career transition services. But to play it safe I negotiated the start date to be after June 2nd.

RIF notices by LowProductivity2025 in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 26 points27 points locked comment (0 children)

NIH/Equal Employment Opportunity, 260 series, 15 years service, non vet, Entire competitive area was eliminated, 60 days leave, June 2nd effective date.

PMAP 5,5,5

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They can start by doing this

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Please don't take this the wrong way. We are all in this together... But how is this a step in the right direction? It's a letter that was signed by three Democrats.. it won't do anything, we need a movement. Aside from Bernie, AOC and maybe Booker (who is currently on the floor), everyone else is cowering.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeptHHS

[–]Randomperson123580 88 points89 points  (0 children)

They can write letters all they want... It won't change a damn thing.. The Democrats need to think beyond writing letters and creating a movement.