So I Had Some Heavy Crap Dropped Onto Me Today...

[PICK3]

my job is pretty rock solid
we don't make that much money, and fire is a given.

I wasn't suggesting you'd lose your job.

But when DOD employees get RIF'ed they don't compete for placement.

You may think you're due a promotion, but if one of these laid off Feds wants the job ... it's his.

 

[miplank]

I wasn't suggesting you'd lose your job.

But when DOD employees get RIF'ed they don't compete for placement.

You may think you're due a promotion, but if one of these laid off Feds wants the job ... it's his.

 

[binö]

I wasn't suggesting you'd lose your job.

But when DOD employees get RIF'ed they don't compete for placement.

You may think you're due a promotion, but if one of these laid off Feds wants the job ... it's his.

wildland quals, i doubt DOD bros would even qualify for the jobs i'm elgible for.

 

[PICK3]

wildland quals, i doubt DOD bros would even qualify for the jobs i'm elgible for.

When a career status FED gets RIF'ed or is placed in a over strength/over hire status they get pretty creative in interpreting qualifications.

I knew a dude who was a GS-04 Clerk in a warehouse. He ended up a GS-09/11 Park Ranger on the merits of his participation in his son's boy scout troop.

 

[binö]

When a career status FED gets RIF'ed or is placed in a over strength/over hire status they get pretty creative in interpreting qualifications.

I knew a dude who was a GS-04 Clerk in a warehouse. He ended up a GS-09/11 Park Ranger on the merits of his participation in his son's boy scout troop.

i'm sure it happens but fire is a bit more particular about quals and experience.
if you don't have them, you are not getting the job and the jobs at the GS 6 level and above are pretty qual heavy

 

[bakemeacookie]

Obama will fix things. He told me.

c

 

[ceo]

sell steroids rob. Good money in that, I hear.

 

[stosstruppe]

My point is: moving boxes for a temp agency is preparing you for nothing. Working as a construction laborer, at cook's helper, or even retail (all examples), will afford you an opportunity to gain some marketable experience even if it's not in your chosen field.

Sometimes people are just trying to survive & stay afloat bro?

 

[PICK3]

Sometimes people are just trying to survive & stay afloat bro?

and many young people accept assignments because it pays 2 or 3 days an hour more than a position that you can take some tangible skills from

 

[stosstruppe]

and many young people accept assignments because it pays 2 or 3 days an hour more than a position that you can take some tangible skills from

No arguments there, I've worked virtually for free for local government / clubs when I was enhancing my CV / employ-ability for the sports & leisure industry doing my exercise science HND, as opposed to doing solid minimum wage jobs for beer tokens.

Are your skills not transferable to a military environment ghetto e.g. an engineering corps?