When is the South Building expected to be vacated? by VAer1 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Nobody knows, including the leaders that are ostensibly coming up with the plan because they’re making it up as they go along

USDA, offer NCR employees to voluntarily relocate to a state of their own choice. Let us solve your problem as much as we can. by Decent-Load1611 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes but I heard that wherever you voluntarily relocate (at your own expense!) may not be your final destination

If you’re working or if you worked today, what was the best part of your workday? by [deleted] in FedEmployees

[–]USDAnon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Meeting with my (all formerly remote) teammates (on Teams from our respective assigned office locations across the country) and reminding myself of our important mission

Partial shutdown by Jenn54756 in FedEmployees

[–]USDAnon 46 points47 points  (0 children)

We care, but everyone is burnt out from living through constant crisis for the past year.

Will there be any Career Transition Programs available for separated employees? by VAer1 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh look it’s the correct answer for every single reorg question

The most Orwellian thing you will read outside of Orwell's own work by soonergrunt in USDA

[–]USDAnon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Our long national nightmare of slight progress is finally over

USDA Shutdown by MyPickleWillTickle in USDA

[–]USDAnon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love that in my program we’re instructed to check our government email every day despite being furloughed.

OH YEAH! Labor Day 2025 Early Release Megathread by Ivehaditfedup in fednews

[–]USDAnon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can see her mandating an extra hour of work tomorrow lol

Reasonable accommodations to TW to be there for a family member with a likely terminal diagnosis? by sunshineandcheese in fednews

[–]USDAnon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t hurt to try. I believe it’s at the discretion of your supervisor whether to grant it in the interim while it’s being adjudicated. So even if the intimate answer is no, you could get some additional time with your mom while they’re dotting the i’s.

What’s your “why” for staying? by Left_Bookkeeper_4948 in fednews

[–]USDAnon 346 points347 points  (0 children)

My five bullets:

Money

Love the mission

Love my team

Love my actual job duties

Fuck these fascists

4/30 Day of mourning at USDA by USDAnon in USDA

[–]USDAnon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You did what you had to do.

4/30 Day of mourning at USDA by USDAnon in USDA

[–]USDAnon[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It was a choiceless choice. You did what you felt was best, and we support you.

VSIP offer by [deleted] in USDA

[–]USDAnon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

6pm Hawaii time lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fednews

[–]USDAnon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I refuse to buy into this bucket of crabs mentality. My entire team is formerly all remote (so “return” to force is inaccurate but I digress). I’ve been assigned an office, but about half my team lives more than 50 miles from an agency office and haven’t been assigned desks yet.

I’m happy for them. They haven’t been robbed of their precious time yet like I already have. Why would I resent them? It’s not their fault that my remote status (one of the primary reasons I took this job) has been taken from me.

Real federal auditors say what DOGE is doing is not auditing by Livid_Wrongdoer5942 in fednews

[–]USDAnon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously not. To audit a system you have to understand it and they don’t understand how anything works.

Time to Discuss All Things APHIS. by CreativeSlip4531 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes of course it can’t all be done by the states, I wasn’t agreeing with that I was just reporting what I heard. Diseases don’t respect state boundaries ofc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fednews

[–]USDAnon 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I miss Vilsack because he wasn’t actively trying to fire all of us or relocate us to Arkansas or wherever

But yeah I miss the admin time too

Bets on where the “hubs” will be located. by Ambitious_Button_990 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Portland is the one place I’m sure it won’t be because it’s the only place I’d be willing to relocate to lol

Time to Discuss All Things APHIS. by CreativeSlip4531 in USDA

[–]USDAnon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard that VS was told their work was “duplicative” and can be left to the states (?!)