US Government Shutdown

Started by deanwebb, January 20, 2018, 09:21:18 AM

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deanwebb

January 20, 2018, 09:21:18 AM
Well, it happened.  :-\

But even if it hadn't happened, there are costs of a *potential* shutdown, as departments meet to determine which staff are essential, which staff can go home, what functions to no longer offer after the shutdown starts, and so forth. The politicians may think that there's no problem until the shutdown starts, when in reality, the problem starts as soon as there's an issue getting either a budget or a continuing resolution passed.

At any rate, to those of our members and readers that are working for a USG department affected by this shutdown, let me express my condolences at this unwanted disruption in your life. I hope it clears up soon.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
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icecream-guy

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January 21, 2018, 07:02:30 AM
sucks even more because the feds get paid retroactive, but us lowly contractors are SOL. Got no income now, so it's time to go hunting.
:twitch:

p.s. just wished is happened during my on call rotation
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

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January 21, 2018, 07:53:34 PM
Quote from: ristau5741 on January 21, 2018, 07:02:30 AM
sucks even more because the feds get paid retroactive, but us lowly contractors are SOL. Got no income now, so it's time to go hunting.
:twitch:

https://jobs.jobvite.com/forescout/job/oNMG6fw5 might want to give that a shot...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#3
January 22, 2018, 08:51:42 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on January 21, 2018, 07:53:34 PM
Quote from: ristau5741 on January 21, 2018, 07:02:30 AM
sucks even more because the feds get paid retroactive, but us lowly contractors are SOL. Got no income now, so it's time to go hunting.
:twitch:

https://jobs.jobvite.com/forescout/job/oNMG6fw5 might want to give that a shot...

looks like a travel job,  don't mind the travel, but don't fly in airplanes. So that wouldn't work for me.

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#4
January 22, 2018, 09:00:05 AM
Well, we got some good tech support slots here in Dallas, if you'd like to stay on the ground. Palo Alto also has a call center here, just across the street from ForeScout.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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