r/FedEmployees • u/Mynameis__--__ • 1d ago
Federal Workers Aren't "Paid" To Hate You, Elon
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u/liamrosse 1d ago
But if he wants to cut me a check, I'll stop calling him DOGEbag.
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u/diab_soule137 1d ago
and it ain't just for him either. it's for everyone enabling what's going on with federal workers too
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u/MuddyPig168 1d ago
If Elon paid me $5M to stop posting about his alleged botched penis surgery, I’ll think about taking him up on that offer.
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u/kittylicker 1d ago
Fucking hate your sloppy guts, all for FREE!! I should be sending him invoices…
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u/Relevant-Arm664 1d ago
My husband is a veteran and current Fed Employee…I’m so angry seeing how demoralizing this has been for him and so many others…I keep thinking, if fElon wasn’t doing this…do you think someone else would be? Who should we really be mad at right now? Why aren’t government agency heads fighting back in any way? Especially since fElon has come out and said that he is only making suggestions and isn’t actually responsible for any firings? What in the fuck is going on around here and why can’t we do something about it??!?
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u/ParfaitAdditional469 1d ago
As a federal worker, Elon is the most annoying organism I’ve ever had to deal with at work. And I’ve had to work in buildings that had roaches and mice.
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u/Glass_Strawberry4324 1d ago
If people were getting paid to hate Elon Musk, homelessness would end in America and we'd all be rich
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u/cateri44 1d ago
Hey Elon, here’s a thought. We are, or were, paid for doing our jobs. The jobs you’re taking away. You could just reinstate everyone, admit you were wrong, and go away. That would change my hate to simple contempt, but you wouldn’t have to pay a dime out of your own pocket!
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u/Dangerous-Ad-6275 14h ago
Hey, federal workers. You work for us. When we say “your job is no longer needed” we mean “you’re fired” and “adios”
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u/Effective-Bee-7934 1h ago
That's unfair. Why not hate the man who put him there. Oh, I know. You're afraid of him also. Got it. Although I think Elon is a scumbag, it's not his fault. Your president Elon there as a repayment for him buying his reelection. That's the fact jack.
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u/StrongAnt2969 1d ago
Suddenly The People Who Can’t Pay Their Student Loans Back Are Experts on Tariffs And The Stock Market.😂
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u/Remarkable_Art2618 1d ago
Grow up
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u/No_Lawyer5152 1d ago
Growing up means being complicit in oligarchic takeover…got it…and exactly what age do you have to be to accept that? Pretty old if I had to guess
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u/Gr33n_Beans 1d ago
Why do you hate him? What possible reason do you have to hate somebody that is exposing fraud and yes cutting jobs that should have never been a job from the start because we don’t have the budget. Sounds like just some disgruntled employees that took advantage of their job and was lazy and got caught. If you hate somebody look in the mirror and take responsibility. If it applies to you say ouch If it don’t say amen
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u/Impossible_IT 1d ago
What DOGĒ is doing is waste, fraud & abuse. Wonder how many sweet lucrative contracts his companies got out of this so called crusade for finding waste, fraud & abuse. And how many times do they delete shit of their so called receipts website because they’ve inflated the numbers?
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u/Brad_HP 1d ago
We hate him for exactly this--he's villainized the common federal workers, made them the enemy that people hate, when we're just doing our jobs. It's the big dogs at the top who need to be looked at, not the everyday worker.
I don't like it when ignorant fuckers who know nothing about me, my job, and how I do it start telling me I'm lazy and entitled and don't deserve my job. But that's what Elon is stirring up while not showing any actual proof of fraud.
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u/nerd4life50 1d ago
Imagine being such a slave to the 1% who hold you back you come on the internet and defend them? You people are an embarrassment.
Christ, you have no situational awareness.
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u/cateri44 1d ago
But we DO have the budget. Congress or the Constitution created federal programs, and Congress decides each year how much money to give each federal program.
We also have a deficit. We have a deficit because Trump cut taxes in his first term - the biggest cuts went to the richest people, so basically the government voluntarily cut its own income.
Would you tell your employer to reduce your wages and then tell your 90 year old mother you can’t help out with her groceries anymore? Because that’s what’s happening.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
Perhaps do your jobs?
I missed the opportunity of a lifetime because federal HR was absolutely worthless. The week after musk brought out the axe, it’s nonstop replies and call backs. Too late, unfortunately.
But federal workers needed a refreshing kick in the ass. You are not untouchable, you still have to do your jobs.
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u/Aethermancer 1d ago
Sure you did.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
A typical response. Put your ego aside, just for a second, try to imagine what I said is absolutely true. Then what?
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u/Aethermancer 1d ago
I'd still think you are a liar.
The week after musk brought out the axe, it’s nonstop replies and call backs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_hiring_freeze
Nonstop call backs when a blanket hiring freeze was put into effect?
So... Have anything else you want to say? Liar.
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u/MuddyPig168 1d ago
If true, as a former supervisor, I’d be willing to entertain the notion you didn’t pass a background check or a drug test. Anger management issues. I’d do everything in my power to can you.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
You’d be wrong. I’m working right now with a secret clearance.. that I’ve held for 21+ years.
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u/MuddyPig168 1d ago
Keep telling yourself that fantasy, McDelusional
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
You’re really shining a light on “supervisors” and fed employees.
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u/MuddyPig168 1d ago
I’m known to help DOJ/NCIS/DCIS/OSI get the evidence needed to nail military members for fraud.
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u/Specialist-Ad-3950 1d ago edited 1d ago
Was the missed opportunity a federal employee position? If so, and you had taken the position would you be this hateful to a whole workforce and generalize against everybody who's a part of it? Because of your bad experience, you really believe this must be the case for all federal employees?
We're people just like you and we truly work hard every day. You would know that if you were in a position to see that and stop dehumanizing us.
To say we're not doing our jobs is not logical. If we weren't doing "our jobs", many important services for the protection of Americans would not be executed.
The fact that these services are accomplished everyday means "someone" is doing their jobs. Who do you think that someone is? The logical answer would be the federal employees fulfilling the position duties hired into who gave an oath to serve.
Your hate is erroneously directed at other hard working Americans just trying to provide for themselves and loved ones same as you.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
There is/was an epidemic of very poor HR work - I was federal for 8 years, military, and only worked on govt contracts even in the public sector. That’s the nature of my career field.
I did not aggressively pursue hr, but I did call and send an email to various POCs over the course of a year. No responses. After DOGE went after feds, suddenly I get multiple responses to those emails from 6+ months prior, from the “head of hr” in the email title. Surprisingly, it was incredibly informative and had multiple options to pursue. After pursuing those, I learned I missed a time limit by 2.5 months.
What would’ve happened if there was a legitimate threat to under performers 3 months prior?
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u/Specialist-Ad-3950 1d ago
That is a frustrating firsthand experience and your discouragement with the timeline missed is understandable. I've often heard HR reviewers are vastly understaffed and have workloads that far exceed what used to be normal and 1 person could be managing multiple states / directorates. That isn't the right answer for both applicants and HR which in turn impacts positions being filled. I'm not HR so I don't know this firsthand, but it is a recurring theme for so many Departments/ Directorates. It's only going to get worse the less and less personnel there are unfortunately. It's too bad the message you needed did eventually come but was too late. That could have truly been a coincidence vs anything to do with a week after all this rage against federal employees started.
I've had applications sit in USAJOBS for months, years and eventually get a notification when the hiring official remembered to do their part in the system (the hiring officials are not HR BTW). I don't truly believe it was an underperforming employee, but more of an epidemic of overworked and understaffed employees across the board. Which is ironic bc it was a staffing action that organizations and the hiring officials really need.
Just ask that you remember we're people too and that your frustration isn't generalized to an entire workforce. Especially given your direct relationship with the federal government in your career. Even government contracts with industry are going to be affected in the long run by the time this is all through.
There's no joy in watching people lose their livelihoods bc our politicians have overspent the overall budget for years / probably decades. Federal employees are a drop in the bucket of the overall budget.
If you had gotten the position you were qualified to get you would be facing the same thing and would not want to be generalized as lazy, incompetent or not doing your job when you know that not to be the true case.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
Are you still working? Then it wasn’t you. Don’t take it personally.
I’m not personally mad at the handful of people that ignored my emails and voicemails. The system got too big and there isn’t any communication between agencies or departments. It needs a thorough cleaning. It needs to be more efficient.
Then you have a guy saying I didn’t get the job because I’m a criminal or drug user - then doubles down on the accusation. That’s the attitude so many people see from the outside.
We’ll know when the cuts go too far. Not there yet.
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u/Specialist-Ad-3950 1d ago
Defending an entire workforce I belong to isn't taking it personally. It's the exact opposite. Taking everyone into consideration across the board. And whether I'm still working or not does not mean I shouldn't have an opinion or feel concerned over those who have already lost theirs. It impacts us all.
Am all for process improvement and effective efficiency within the system. The bureaucracy starts at the top and should be done first by relooking processes we're all required to follow by regulation/ law / statutes.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
You shouldn’t defend the entire workforce.
The entire workforce isn’t pulling its weight.
This is why so many folks aren’t all that upset by a bunch of fat being cut off.
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u/Specialist-Ad-3950 1d ago
Guess we've gone full circle back to the point that if you had gotten the position you were trying for in the first place and were currently in this workforce, you would not be so callous about those losing their jobs.
Don't expect you or the others you refer to be "that upset" as you put it. Maybe a little less celebratory especially since you were proactively trying to be part of the "fat" . Not sure why you applied if you don't believe in the good or necessity of the federal workforce or its mission for America.
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u/Radio_Face_ 1d ago
Not at all, that’s just how you want to view it. Like the other guy wants to view as I’m a criminal.
You people cannot take a look at yourselves. Anyone who has a valid complaint must have an agenda. My experience is reflected perfectly in this sub.
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u/Specialist-Ad-3950 1d ago
Not once did I say anything about you having an agenda. You are mixing up what you apparently feel towards "us people". But ok keep closing your ears and act like you're the only one being attacked.
We can look at ourselves. We do it ALL the time in audits, inspections and utilizing multiple systems that all monitor our input, data and management of funds we all have our American taxes used for.
I'm going to enjoy the rest of my Saturday now. It's like talking to a brick wall at this point. You're too resentful about your experience and legitimate complaint and can't see if you had been hired you wouldn't be saying all these things about "you people".
I thought we were having a legitimate debate but you just keep using attack mode and cheap shots. I can't speak for what others say to you so don't speak about that to me either. Best of luck to you.
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u/cateri44 1d ago
Are you saying that they called to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime and you didn’t take it?
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u/Radio_Face_ 23h ago
Not even a little bit. How did you reach that conclusion?
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u/cateri44 23h ago
I didn’t conclude, I made a request for clarification. You said they didn’t call you back but when they did call you back it was too late.
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u/kapara-13 1d ago
Instead of bitching about losing your useless job and leeching off my tax money - get a real job! Elon is not a problem, he is the solution, 4 million leeches is the problem.
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u/Dictator009 1d ago
All you people do is hate.
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u/jumpy_monkey 1d ago
When you're done stomp your feet go take a nap little boy, the grownups are talking now.
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u/SATX_Citizen 1d ago
Four year old account spamming "liberals are nazis" on every protest post there is, they're either brain-damaged or a bot.
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u/DFGone 1d ago
Funny how some protests leave all at the same time though, like they clocked in and clocked out.
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u/Glass_Strawberry4324 1d ago
Cause they are scheduled at those times... So people prepare accordingly... 🤨
Are you okay?
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u/Omacrontron 1d ago
To think federal employees can’t get fired is one of the weirdest takes I think I’ve heard of in a while.
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u/stabbinCapn 1d ago edited 1d ago
En masse to justify plying the 813 billionaire families with 10'000s/100,000s/1,000,000s of unconditioned lifetime supplies of cash at YOUR great, great, great grandkids' futures is something incoherently insane
Would it be safe to say you're one of the blowhards that thinks there should be nearly infinite conditions met to feed hungry kids, but giving billionaires welfare condition-free is A-OK ??
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u/Omacrontron 1d ago
Biden fired 60k blue collar workers and told them to learn to code. Sorry you lost your job, why not look for another instead of bitch and moan about it.
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u/stabbinCapn 1d ago
You don't understand govt work... It's notoriously the lowest paid employer in any given industry but compensates with stability & gives employees a sense of pride for giving back to their country... Blue collar SHOULD learn to code. Wake up goon
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u/ConsistentHalf2950 1d ago
Haha what stability? We just get screwed.
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u/stabbinCapn 1d ago
Anytime the orange shitweasel or Republikkklan have power, it's about eliminating everything to feed billionaires with no checks & balances in place... There's a list of 50 things you need to prove that you're kid is hungry and needs food, and absolutely NOTHING needed if you have inexhaustible wealth to ensure that US taxpayers can guarantee 100 generations of your descendants will never need to work a day in their lives 🤯
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u/ConsistentHalf2950 1d ago
This is why I’m trying to get into state or local government. Republicans don’t exist where I live.
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u/stabbinCapn 1d ago
Sounds like a great place! Goons fk up everything & are the worst thing about this country
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u/Avenger772 1d ago
Meanwhile he has to pay people to like him.
But yea, I hate his stupid ass for free.