President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order which would halt a planned 2.1 percent pay increase for federal government workers, something that is done automatically. Currently, about 800,000 federal employees are on furlough or working without pay because of the partial government shutdown. The only workers who are exempt from the blanket order are members of the military who are scheduled to receive a 2.6 percent pay raise, The Daily Mail reported.
"We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," Trump said back in August. “In light of our Nation's fiscal situation, Federal employee pay must be performance-based, and aligned strategically toward recruiting, retaining, and rewarding high-performing Federal employees and those with critical skill sets."
But not everyone sees it that way.
"This is just pouring salt into the wound,'"Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 100,000 federal workers, said in a statement. "It is shocking that federal employees are taking yet another financial hit. As if missed paychecks and working without pay were not enough, now they have been told that they don’t even deserve a modest pay increase."
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They don't deserve what they are currently getting!
ReplyDeleteMore than half would not pass an interview to get the jobs they currently have if the interviews were conducted like private firms run them...tenure and good-old-bro promotions and relocations are the only things that get them to advance!
They don't deserve any of it
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who knew his intentions for federal workers soon after he was elected?The internet is abuzz with people who seem clueless.
ReplyDeleteSo I am waiting for one person who is not a government employee to tell me why this is not a good idea
ReplyDeleteQuit the BS. They are going to get paid. They are not working for nothing .They are have not missed paychecks, just a delay in receiving the checks. As for as no pay raise I worked several years with no pay raise as others have. I don't get pay raises on SSI like Federal employees do. So BOO HOO HOO. They don't deserve it. How many owe back taxes?
ReplyDeleteI keep saying it when anything Fed Gov't comes up - don't knock it until you've tried it.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind, you do have to move to where the jobs are - just like AMAZON, the Fed jobs will NOT come here to the eastern shore. They are in larger populated areas AND at installation across the USA (DOVER DE; ABERDEEN MD; FORT EUSTIS VA) to name a few that are within a few hours away.