Charlotte Schmidt+Follow The Federal Employee Next to Me is Furloughed. I Just Got Fired.I do IT support on a military base. The "government civilian" (a GS-12) who sits next to me is furloughed. He's at home on his "paid vacation." Me? I'm a "contractor." My company sent me an email yesterday saying that because the government contract is "paused," I am "terminated, effective immediately." When the shutdown ends, that GS-12 will come back and get a fat check for all his missed pay. I will get nothing, and I will be unemployed. My company will probably lose the contract, and they won't need me. We do the same job, but the policy creates a two-tiered world: the protected "insiders" and the disposable "help." #Contractor #NoBackPay #TwoTierSystem7436Share
Tyrone Anderson+FollowThat NASA Engineer Will Get Back-Pay. I Will Get Bankruptcy.I work in the same office as that furloughed NASA engineer. We work on the same project. The difference? He's a federal employee, and I work for a private contractor. When the shutdown ends, he will get a check for all his missed pay. Me? I get nothing. My contract is "paused by the day." Day 37 means 37 days of lost income that I will never get back. We are the government's shadow workforce. We get none of the job security, none of the pension, and none of the shutdown protection. Why am I expected to take 100% of the risk for a government that doesn't even acknowledge I exist? #GovernmentContractor #NoBackPay #ShadowWorkforce26Share
