What they’re not telling you is that this is already effecting more than the federal workforce. My company began layoffs this week as our grants are now being cut. Whole departments laid off and client services terminated. If I lose my job, I probably won’t be finding another in my field because this is happening nationwide. My entire career is on the line right now, something I’ve spent the past 20 years building.
Moreover, my clients are getting screwed as well… We’re talking people who don’t have the ability to work, no income other than social security, and who barely have the insight to understand why. They’re either going back to the hospital, until the hospital’s funding gets cut, or out on the street.
We’re all fucked because of this.
The science job market is also unsurprisingly crashing. Current advice is to stay where you are if you still have funding and try and ride out the disphit storm.
Horrible for innovation lmao
That’s pretty much been my decision. I’m looking into my options, even cashing out my retirement and leaving the country, but that’s all contingent on what happens. In the meantime, I’m writing letters to get myself heard. If I’m going to lose everything, it won’t be quietly.
