Make Equestria Great Again... Or not... · 6:35am Feb 16th, 2017
WARNING SUB-POLITICAL RANT INBOUND
I want to preface this by saying I'm not against those that voted for our new president and I support all thoughts/concerns/comments openly without hate.
EDIT: Got some messages outlining some facts. Wanted ye all to know that I'm not persecuting the president as much as I'm basically bitching needlessly. This was a very sweet paying job that I and my fellow workers loved and the notice we received was vague at best and was sent by the department of federal grants and the university system. After emailing a few more colleagues in a neighboring city we have learned that they too have received a notice of termination and that this is not a temporary layoff. Our department still exists but there are some rumors of entire departments being shut down completely until further notice.
So you all probably know that as of last year our newest president is a cheeto. All joking aside our cheeto president has been very busy and hard at work attempting to "Make America Great Again." Some people don't really care and go on with their lives and as a general rule so have I because work, paycheck, and paying my medical bill.
That is until I received notice today that myself and 40 people are losing our jobs as of Friday including my mother who is a student.
So a little background. My job and other people work through a program that grants money to an organization based on academic or scientific study. This is federally regulated. I as well as 40 students/full time workers and my mother research and restore archaic documents for the purpose of preserving history and adding newfound knowledge of the past for people to study. Our work is entirely based on federal grants. President Fuhrer T-Rex's Cheeto administration has seen it fit to freeze all federal hiring jobs and freeze the grants that keep us employed.
We received no warning whatsoever. Nobody did.
So I'm willing to bet a large number of historians, students, summer based firefighters, etc are officially out of work or cannot currently go back to the jobs they have had in the past. So feck you gobby smegma ball loving piece of shite and feck your new secretary of education the spoiled cunt flappin twat!
Anyways, here's to being unemployed thanks to the guy who said he'd make more jobs. Cheers you shite tray.
I'd like to point out that pretty much every administration does a hiring and grant freeze. Kinda an unspoken policy so you can realign those agencies with their new agenda.
Sucks though.
4424567 These are things I actually don't know since I've been out of the country for so long. Thank you for the feedback Arxsys. Yes though, being unemployed without so much as a week long notice was a shock.
4424570 I'd definitely see if it is a temporary layoff vs a termination though. A lot of the time, they are just a temporary layoff status that can make unemployment weird. But, the temporary layoffs and grant issues are usually fixed within a month or so.
That said, with the current chaos in Washington, who knows what will happen. They are *really* out to get Trump, despite the fact he actually hasn't broken any laws yet. Going to be a big mess.
Hope you get good news though.
I think this is a little more worthy a cause to protesting instead of the "Muslim ban"
4424580 We received an email that this is a:
"Formal termination due to a freeze on the [Grant] and the administration will deliberate on the importance of our department within 6-9 months."
4424581 (Insert Joke about being able to protest since there is no job to go to)
4424593 now there's a question which is the bigger joke protesting because you have no job to go to or people who have made protesting into there job
4424607 which one actually pays my bills? Ha ha! that was a joke I'm seriously fecked right now.
4424624 I know how that feels mate being let go for any reason sux. I know it's a bit selfish of me but I wish there was something I could say to you right now to make ya feel better that wouldn't just sound like an empty plateaued from a stranger.
4424584 Crap. Sorry to hear that. I know it's not exactly a "good news" thing, but you should get all outstanding pay and vacation/whatever payouts inside of 72 hours, plus be immediately able to file for unemployment.
Again, sorry to hear that.
4424632 The support from you guys is awesome. I'm glad I was just able to vent my frustration. Thank you man.
4424634 Alls good in the end. It's more like I lost a job I genuinely loved and was happy to go to each and every day. Awe well. I might look to going out of the state or country again anyways.
4424641 I've always been a better listener than a talker so you always got a friendly ear here mate
I would just like to say that I bow before our new cheddar and sour cream overlords and hope that they do nothing to the computing and logistics industry.
Cause this is gonna fucking hurt if they do.