Come back or move on? Fired federal workers face choices now that a judge wants them rehired

Now this is the dilemma all these former federal employees face: either go back to the job you loved and did your best at, but with living with the stress of your job being suddenly taken away again, and with the knowledge that your employers don't give a ... about your job and what you do, or go in a different direction and find something more stable, but may not be what you really loved doing.

Leaving a job on your own terms can be exciting, but when you were let go with no good reason, it can be stressful and demoralizing. I can only imagine how that must feel.

And it not only affects the person who was fired, but those around them, such as their families and friends. Not to mention the citizens who depended on their services.

Well, the "judge" may want them to have their jobs back but it is far from the last word on the issue. At the end of the day, it will be decided that the President has the authority to hire and fire anyone in agencies under the executive branch. So they will most likely have to try to get a job in the private sector real world.

I'd encourage them to go back....we're seeing everyday how much Trump 2.0 is self-imploding....

Everyday it's another court loss, another face-plant, another bumble and stumble...

Trump is old and isn't healthy and the toll of being Putin's Puppet is wearing on him...

Combine that with all the goofs from his cabinet of incompetents, and it's clear he won't be President much longer...

Then the Dem adults will be back in charge and things will return to normal...thank goodness...

It looks like a HOT SUMMER looming in Amerika (back to the future with 1960s-like anti-Trump dumpster-fire demos).

Musk's slash and burn has left thousands of federal workers confused.

Move on. As “that judge” is just playing partisan politics and has no actual authority to hire or rehire.

Musk's slash and burn has left thousands of federal workers confused.

The National debt in itself is confusing

Now this is the dilemma all these former federal employees face: either go back to the job you loved and did your best at, but with living with the stress of your job being suddenly taken away again, and with the knowledge that your employers don't give a ... about your job and what you do, or go in a different direction and find something more stable, but may not be what you really loved doing. 

Such is the life of a government worker.

Leaving a job on your own terms can be exciting, but when you were let go with no good reason, it can be stressful and demoralizing. I can only imagine how that must feel. 

That is life, if you are in the private sector, a lot of these people wouldn't be working.

And it not only affects the person who was fired, but those around them, such as their families and friends. Not to mention the citizens who depended on their services.

It is hard, but you move on.

Maybe there were too many of these employees? Then it seems logical.

"So I am being paid but not working. That feels inefficient.”

Thanks DOGI

Move on.

Yeaaah who needs employees in national parks?!? Those people don't do anything!! I mean apart from cleaning them, taking care of visitors and preventing forest fires, of course, but in Trump's America none of that matters! All those parks will be leveled to build Tesla factories anyway. What matters is that the government saved a few million dollars and now can give even more subsidies to Musk's companies. MAGA!

As they say …

At every job you should either learn or earn.

Either is fine.

Both is best.

But if it's neither, quit.

Getting a job as a fed worker meant job security, a job for life, pension. But that's all unclear with Musk's slash-and-burn. People will turn to the private sector for work with higher pay.

The National debt in itself is confusing

What is confusing? No president since Clinton has reduced it. $7 trillion for Trump's first term. Another $7 trillion for Trump's second term. Taking the ND over the $40 trillion mark.

Yeaaah who needs employees in national parks?!?

We have enough.

Those people don't do anything!! I mean apart from cleaning them, taking care of visitors and preventing forest fires, of course, but in Trump's America none of that matters! *

Like most liberals, it’s better to waste money on things we don’t need or have.

All those parks will be leveled to build Tesla factories anyway. What matters is that the government saved a few million dollars and now can give even more subsidies to Musk's companies. MAGA!

It matters a lot. It’s like my wife running up the credit card unresponsibly and then expecting me to pay the bill. I take the cards away, limit her spending and the result of those cuts will get her a nice cruise with all the trimmings. Libs think short-term, always. This is why we are in such a mess.

What is confusing?

All of it.

No president since Clinton has reduced it. $7 trillion for Trump's first term. Another $7 trillion for Trump's second term.

Yes, Trump had to deal with the beginning of a pandemic and was on track to rebuilding our depleted and deplorable military

Taking the ND over the $40 trillion mark.

However, if measured by percentage increase, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) holds the record. During his presidency (1933–1945), the national debt increased by approximately 1,048%, driven by New Deal programs and World War II spending.

"So I am being paid but not working. That feels inefficient.”

then be a good steward of taxpayer money and quit.

Yeaaah who needs employees in national parks?!?

we do need some. Up to the head of the federal government how many- not some rando judge.

And also Seems we don’t need the specific whiny person in the picture who refused to come back anyway.

Getting a job as a fed worker meant job security, a job for life, pension

which makes people lazy, spoiled, unproductive and entitled.

Yeaaah who needs employees in national parks?!?

We have enough.

Sure, that's what they said when they fired all the nuclear surety scientists and security personnel...

Woops....

*Those people don't do anything!! I mean apart from cleaning them, taking care of visitors and preventing forest fires, of course, but in Trump's America none of that matters! **

Like most liberals, it’s better to waste money on things we don’t need or have.

Like EVs?

All those parks will be leveled to build Tesla factories anyway. What matters is that the government saved a few million dollars and now can give even more subsidies to Musk's companies. MAGA!

It matters a lot. It’s like my wife running up the credit card unresponsibly and then expecting me to pay the bill. I take the cards away, limit her spending

According to your logic, then Trump who ran the debt up by $7.9 TRILLION last time - ALL UNFUNDED - should have his credit card away....maybe Melania already has...

This is why we are in such a mess.

You sure it's not that we have a Russian asset in the WH and a guy really in charge who goes around giving Heil salutes and says the Holocaust didn't happen?

Getting a job as a fed worker meant job security, a job for life, pension

which makes people lazy, spoiled, unproductive and entitled.

The federal civil service was established in 1871 (5 U.S.C. § 2101).

Are you saying that millions of workers since then have achieved nothing? The CIA, Pentagon, FBI, and the military are all fed workers.

All countries need civil servants and security protection agencies.

bass4funk

What is confusing?

All of it.

I guess it must be difficult for you to understand your country spends more money than it takes in. If the super-rich and large corporation paid their taxes the debt would decrease.

Nearly 50 companies in the S&P 500, including Tesla (TSLA), 3M (MMM) and Airbnb (ABNB), reported paying no income tax expense in 2023, says an Investor's Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketSurge.

Getting a job as a fed worker meant job security, a job for life, pension

which makes people lazy, spoiled, unproductive and entitled.

As compared to people BORN RICH, which makes them REALLY lazy, spoiled, unproductive, and entitled...

Plus prejudiced, sexually deviant, serially untruthful and unfaithful....and in some rich people's cases, convicted felons...

I have visited a lot of U.S. national parks, and I have never thought, “This place has too many park rangers.”

It’s sad Trump and his elite white millionaire pals running the show are picking on low-paid park rangers. Federal park ranger salaries start at around $30,000/year.

People will turn to the private sector for work with higher pay.

or they will whine to the media like entitled children until an activist judge can reinstate them.

it would be WONDERFUL if they just went and got a job instead like everyone else does when they are let go.

The US administration, legal system, and security agencies can not operate without civil servants. They are the ones maintaining the links from one government to the next.

There are too many fed park workers until your child is lost or you are attacked by a bear.

I guess it must be difficult for you to understand your country spends more money than it takes in.

Eeexactly, now you get it!! This is what I’m talking about and have been for years.

If the super-rich and large corporation paid their taxes the debt would decrease.

They pay more than enough, that’s not the problem

Nearly 50 companies in the S&P 500, including Tesla (TSLA), 3M (MMM) and Airbnb (ABNB), reported paying no income tax expense in 2023, says an Investor's Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketSurge.

• Tesla (TSLA) minimized taxes in 2024 through:

• Accelerated Depreciation ($500M saved) by quickly deducting capital investments.

• Stock-Based Compensation Deductions ($250M saved) for employee stock options.

• U.S. Tax Credits ($300M saved).

• Net Operating Losses (NOLs) applied to offset taxable income.

• 3M (MMM) reported a $2.6B tax credit in 2023 after a $7B net loss, using loss carryforwards to offset taxes.

• Airbnb (ABNB) received a $2.7B tax credit in 2023 despite $4.7B in profits, using:

• Deferred Tax Assets from timing differences and past losses.

• Tax Credits from eligible investments or incentives.

These companies legally use tax laws to minimize or eliminate taxes, raising debates about tax fairness and policy effectiveness.

Obviously the federal government dictates how many federal employees there are, where, and doing what.

remind me again, “who” by name is the federal government right now?

and was that person maybe elected or something by let’s say…the American people?

interesting if so, compared to a politically appointed judge.

For those of us not blinded by the cult, it's clear as day what DOGE is all about - we already have our first example - i.e., Musk firing Air Traffic Controllers and then the government turns around and gives a huuuuge private contract to....wait for it.....SPACE X...

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/25/business/musk-faa-starlink-contract/index.html

This is all right out of Putin's playbook - fire all the honest folks in government and then replace them with billion dollar contracts to your rich oligarch buddies...you get their loyalty and they get more fat and rich off the public's money...

Surprised that the first to go were all the inspector generals whose job it was to root out corruption?

Putin's Puppet ain't foolin' no one - except the suckers that continue to buy his Chinese-made Trump Bibles and High Tops...

He's been foolin' them for eight years...

for all of your long-winded comments, the super-rich and big corporations don't pay fair shares of taxes. The same is happening in Japan.

American ex-pats who don't even pay taxes whing on again.

We have enough.

Several parks have already partially closed because they don't have enough workers.

Like most liberals, it’s better to waste money on things we don’t need or have.

Like national parks, yeah. The far right mindset really is bottom of the barrel stuff.

It matters a lot. It’s like my wife running up the credit card unresponsibly and then expecting me to pay the bill.

Except in your metaphor, your wife is every republican president in modern history. They are the worst offenders in running up the deficit by far, and all for tax cuts for the 1%. So it's more like your wife buying a lot of stuff for your wealthy neighbour while your kids go hungry, and you yelling that it's all the immigrants and federal workers fault.