I actually don't know. My stepfather is a government contractor but it's for the military, so I suppose it's possible he's still doing his thing. In the spirit of being a good member of the family and a decent human being, I probably should ask...
I work for the feds and should be getting paid normally for the time being. Our budget is allocated in advance. I can take leave and everything. My husband is a Fed and is working for an IOU.
Not affecting me yet - but a lot of my work is funded by HUD (when Congress gets around to funding my programs- which it intermittently fucks with) - anyway - could affect me at some point.
I replied for DH. He's getting a little stir crazy after a day and a half of doing random tasks around the house.
My DH is treating it like the best vacation he ever had! No stress about someone at work fucking up his shit while he's gone. He's been staying up late playing video games and sleeping in. He's been doing stuff on my list, too, just kinda slow.
I'm working, but my federal contracts (which are 2 of my 3 active jobs) are kinda up in the air and we can't conduct any traffic counts since we're in the DC area and traffic isn't normal. which means I can't start any new studies.
My dh is working but his pay is up in the air. They have to report and hope they get some pay or retro pay. Sucks since I am on mostly unpaid maternity leave.
Post by SusanBAnthony on Oct 3, 2013 10:47:44 GMT -5
We aren't, and probably won't be in my immediate family. My dad works for a state university, and 75% of his job is administering federal grants, so that could get really F'ed up. He is paid by the university, but all his employees are paid by federal money. I don't know if the university would float loans, or he would lay everyone off, or what. If he had to lay off employees he would probably lay himself off part time too. I am guessing that wont happen as long as this is all resolved within a month.
Neither DH nor I is - but I just learned that our entire Cancer Information Services team is furloughed (we host the CIS team). That's 86 employees.
"It's sad to think that a program that serves cancer patients is 'nonessential,'" said the center's director, Nancy Zbaren.
As many as 11,000 people each month turn to the call center, often right after being diagnosed with cancer. Workers provide expert information in two languages about treatment options and even connect patients with clinical trials.
"Those patients are still trying to call us and they're not getting through to us," Zbaren said. "It's horrible."