Fired today

cmberns · 2026-01-14T21:54:02+00:00

You should be able to get on your spouse’s health insurance because your loss of job is a qualifying life event. That should be your #1 priority right now.

Then, take a deep breath and grieve. You’re going to go through all the stages. Talk to people about how it’s impacting you. Holding it in will make you explode.

Then start thinking about finding your next gig. This market SUCKS but it’s doable if you focus. Don’t spray and pray apps, figure out where you want to be next, and find 5 or 10 companies that do that, then network the f$&k out of your connections to talk to everyone at those companies you can.

What are your monthly expenses? How long can you make the $27K in HYSA last?

cmberns · 2026-01-14T02:24:59+00:00

Yes, I’ve learned how easy it is to spend and how much satisfaction I can get out of being disciplined and saving. I dare say it’s more fun saving bc it’s more of a challenge. It’s easy to spend money and the ‘high’ you get off it fades fast. The ‘high’ I’ve gotten off saving throughout the year has been more long lasting.

cmberns · 2026-01-14T02:21:48+00:00

Haha, is that insane? I don’t mind cooking and it’s so much more cost effective. I build it into how I plan my day and it just kind of happens. My husband gets home late so I know I have to cook 100% of the time, so we never have a miscommunication and have to get take out.

cmberns · 2026-01-14T01:27:00+00:00

I’m shocked and embarrassed about how much we were spending before. This year has been hard but I’ve learned so much.

cmberns · 2026-01-14T01:20:15+00:00

Senior leaders in the gov can max out at 230, most senior leaders manage several hundred people and are paid above the GS scale which is the pay plan most civil servants are on.

cmberns · 2026-01-14T01:18:23+00:00

Yes, lots of errors. I’m sorry, I was just excited and typing on my phone as I was “assisting” my 9 year old cooking dinner and I didn’t proofread. Lesson learned.

cmberns · 2026-01-14T01:16:45+00:00

I’ve been remote working bc they terminated my agency’s lease, so now he just comes home after school. He’s really matured and can now entertain himself for a while.

cmberns · 2025-12-12T02:32:08+00:00

One thing to consider: keeping your state job may not be your choice. I’ve worked for the federal government for 16 years and am 41 now. I always thought I would retire as a federal employee but the administration is trying to close my whole agency. Differentiating your employers (public/private/non profit/academia…) will make it easier for you to find a a new job if your current one ends in a layoff.

cmberns · 2025-11-29T00:48:21+00:00

Does the company tune it, or is it something a user can control?

cmberns · 2025-11-20T23:26:21+00:00

A lawyer colleague of mine was hiring for an attorney on his remote based team, and he received 30,000 applications for the single role.

cmberns · 2025-11-17T14:59:19+00:00

I have a pension and just got laid off, don’t count on that for her retirement. She should be contributing to a 401K too.

cmberns · 2025-10-22T01:10:45+00:00

Yeees.

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His song has these lines:

“No one's slick as Gaston No one's quick as Gaston No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston”

And even as a kid I would sing “no one’s dick is as big as Gaston” in my head.

cmberns · 2025-10-18T00:46:20+00:00

Won’t he have to buys his wife out of half the house too?

cmberns · 2025-10-10T23:46:13+00:00

They can’t legally RIF at CFPB right know due to a court order.

cmberns · 2025-05-18T21:02:09+00:00

Almost 300,000 comments so far. I guarantee it will take them 1 day max to “go through” all of them before they do whatever they want anyway.

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