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My buddy left his job with DoD as a cybersecurity specialist during DRP/Fork nonsense. Expecting to be scooped up quick in the private sector. He ended up taking a state job in Washington state that pays half of his former Fed salary.

He interviewed recently with Xfinity and the interviewer told him "Yeah. We really don't like to hire former Feds, they expect too much in benefits and leave". He claims this is the norm, but this guy was the first to say it out loud.

Has anyone else experienced something similar when applying for private sector jobs?

The agency I work for recently hired 30 new staff . All have been hired as remote doing the same job as the rest of us coming into an office, and many within 50 miles of an office. The argument was that it was the only way to hire qualified staff. So the rest of us . Leadership's attitude is "deal with it loser".

I wonder how long he had to wait for his RA?

I was asked to check my emails, and respond to emails and do job duties that require immediate attention while on A/L. We went from 12 pre-DRP and RIFs to 2, me and another person doing the work of 6 people each. Absolutely unacceptable and a violation of policy in that I am not to take my laptop with me on personal travel.

Folks who work in the private sector that want to come along and troll "deal with it it happens in the private sector," just because it happens in the private sector doesn't make it right.

Additionally I am teleworking, which is also against policy right now.

Kevin Hassett said that the majority of job losses in the unemployment report were from DOGE related job cuts. Like that's somehow okay? It doesn't really count.