Fired Workers (Deep State) Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

[DonGlock26]

"A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss


People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives.
Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.


She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.

The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.

Nights are the hardest.
“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

https://archive.is/ZLTev#selection-727.0-753.251

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

 

[kyzr]

Jobs are everywhere, unless illegals are doing them.

 

[1srelluc]

I know that I would "round file" any application that had USAID as a former employer.

 

[SweetSue92]

"A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss


People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives.
Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.


She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.

The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.

Nights are the hardest.
“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

https://archive.is/ZLTev#selection-727.0-753.251

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

Always hard to be laid off. Happens a lot in non-gov jobs, sadly.

 

[DGS49]

One could reasonably observe that she and her husband were happy in an unreal situation. Neither produced anything of value but they were paid as though they were major contributors to……..something.

I presume they are living in the D.C. area; maybe they should reap the likely-massive appreciation of their house and move elsewhere. But $175k/yr? Not likely in the Real World.

No sympathy here.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Job interview:

“What did you do at your last job?”

“I stole Federal money through USAID.”

 

[Zincwarrior]

GenZ's unemployment is much higher than average, impacted greatly by AI. Their unemployment rate is far closer to recession levels at 6%.

 

[1srelluc]

GenZ's unemployment is much higher than average, impacted greatly by AI. Their unemployment rate is far closer to recession levels at 6%.

I guess they never heard of bootstraps.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I guess they never heard of bootstraps.

Ok Boomer. I guess you never heard of AI.

 

[Greenbeard]

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

The key takeaway of the article does seem to be that the economy and job market are shit right now.

 

[Lesh]

Jobs are everywhere, unless illegals are doing them.

Yeah

Minimum wage will fix everything right?

 

[Independent thinker]

"A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss


People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives.
Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.


She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.

The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.

Nights are the hardest.
“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

https://archive.is/ZLTev#selection-727.0-753.251

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

This is because they relied on the socialist regime to pay them more than they were actually worth, moslty to funnel money to the democrat party. Thanks for posting the feel good story of the day.

 

[Doc7505]

"A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss


People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives.
Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.


She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.

The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.

Nights are the hardest.
“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

https://archive.is/ZLTev#selection-727.0-753.251

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

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If both husband and wife are unable to find employment, perhaps their choices of vocation are the problem.
Perhaps they should be more versatile in job outlooks and seek a career change.

 

[Dragonlady]

Jobs are everywhere, unless illegals are doing them.

Given that foreign aid workers have a specific requirements in skills and education, and Trump has eliminated so many of those jobs in both foreign aid and the State Department, jobs are NOT “everywhere”.

The only jobs which are “everywhere” are food service jobs, itinerant farm worker jobs, and construction jobs. The jobs that first generation immigrants do.

You used to be one of the saner posters here and now, you’ve been throtiughly brainwashed. Hope that Kool-Aid is tasty because it hasn’t done you any good at all.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

GenZ's unemployment is much higher than average, impacted greatly by AI. Their unemployment rate is far closer to recession levels at 6%.

AI has nothing to do with poor work ethic and an entitled attitude. They’re unemployed because they aren’t employable.

 

[Zincwarrior]

<~~~~~~~~~~>
If both husband and wife are unable to find employment, perhaps their choices of vocation are the problem.
Perhaps they should be more versatile in job outlooks and seek a career change.

When did you last look for a job? Asking for a friend.

 

[Zincwarrior]

AI has nothing to do with poor work ethic and an entitled attitude. They’re unemployed because they aren’t employable.

When did you last look for a job? Asking for a friend.

 

[rightwinger]

It is hard to survive in a TRUMP economy

 

[Doc7505]

When did you last look for a job? Asking for a friend.

<~~~~~~~~~~>
Funny you should ask.. I was recently contacted by a recruiter for a position in "Risk Management, Safety and Regulatory Compliance" for a "Fortune 100 Corp".
During the conversation I was told the position was basically mine if I agreed.
I'm 89 yrs old.
I politely declined and made a referral for a colleague to the recruiter.

 

[Alicia J]

"A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss


People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives.
Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.


She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.

The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.

Nights are the hardest.
“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

https://archive.is/ZLTev#selection-727.0-753.251

What does the media tell Americans who have lost their manufacturing or coal mining jobs? Learn to code.
Globalism is grand until you lose your gov't job and try to find one in the private sector.

You're mentally ill. Gloating about the suffering of some poor saps who get fired from their government jobs.

This has nothing to do with your deranged fantasies about the "Deep State".