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Many agencies offer professional development webinars to up your game when writing government communications. I suggest you look into it.

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11h ago

I'm not currently a federal employee. But I am a former federal law clerk who took that same oath, and -- as a practicing attorney -- I frequently interact with U.S. Department of Justice attorneys and occasionally interact with agency staff from other departments.

You federal employees are amazing -- you are a professional, dedicated group of civil servants who give so much every single day in service of our nation. You are part of what makes America great.

I will do what I can to help from the outside.

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11h ago

My grandparents immigrated to the US and served as federal employees for a combined 50 years.

Carry on. And we would be lost without you.

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Not a Fed. I am a civil engineer who deals with all the bureaucracy, red tape, and bullshit that comes from the review side. County level, state level, or fed level it’s all the same.

The LAST THING I would want to do is piss off my reviewer. You guys know the ropes so well you can slow everything down to a crawl. You can kill projects with a stroke of a pen because of an obscure ruling. You can ask for asinine things that make me want to pull my hair out.

And let me tell you it is your TIME TO FUCKING SHINE.

We need you so much right now. The whole country needs you. I am reading that you guys are getting fired up. Please fight. For us. You are our first line of defense against this craziness.

If there is anything you need, please let the people know. We will do our best.

And finally THANK YOU. I have cursed your name more than I am proud. But soon I hope to praise it.

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*gets sued by the 19 other contractors who bid on the same project*

*has talented lawyers on hand who know how to fix it*

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What bullshit. I joined the federal government to serve Americans. To help my countrymen and to help my country. I was so proud on the day I took my oath. I’m amazing at my job.

They think they can scare me away that easily? With their lies and twisted cruelties?

I remain a proud civil servant. I remain extremely effective, remote or otherwise. I’m not going to bullied out, no matter what lies they tell about me. I’m going to stay and I’m going to continue helping and serving those who need help until I literally can’t anymore.

Take your resignation scheme and fuck right off.

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I'll be honest, before that email went out, I was looking for any way to get out of this fresh hell. But now I am fired up to make these goons as frustrated as possible, RTO be damned.

Hold the line!

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We watched this goon try to overthrow the government on live tv four years ago. Now, we are witnessing him try to overthrow it from within. We are the last line of defense against fascism. If we leave, we will be replaced by loyalists. Read P2025 and, for the love of god, please believe what is written because that is what is happening. All the EOs are directly from that document.

I didn’t dedicate years of my life serving this great country to be bullied into quitting my career by a bunch of fascists. We are being led by the same types of people our grandparents fought against in WW2. They don’t care about us, regardless of the fact that one-third of us are veterans and many are military family members. They don’t care about your kids, your homes, your bills, your livelihood. They don’t care that you’re an American citizen. They don’t care that the annual spending on us is only 4% and won’t make a difference if we’re gone. They don’t care that we’re middle and lower class employees. They want to harm you. Do not give in to this nonsense and remember your oath to the constitution and the people of America. I don’t know what the future holds, but I refuse to bow down to this fascist authoritarian elite class. Nobody is coming to save us but we have strength in numbers. It’s time to buckle up, and continue protecting freedom and democracy.

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Actually, you yourself won't make a difference if you're gone. I sincerely hth.

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Senator Tim Kaine just spoke and said that no one is to take the buyout from president Trump because there is no budget line to make payments for this and it's a trap. I have not received the email yet but when I do get it I am deleting it and not even reading it. I don't want to open it in case I accidentally reply. I am not quitting my job and nobody else should either. I've seen the email and it's very threatening but do not allow Elon Musk to push you out of your federal job. The title of the email is the same title that Elon sent to the Twitter employees when he fired them.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/trump-offers-buyouts-for-federal-workers-00201106

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They want to dismantle the very institutions that keep this country running, to tear down the work we have dedicated our lives to. But let me tell you: not today.

As federal employees, we serve the American people with pride and dedication. We show up every day, no matter the challenges, because the work we do matters. We are the backbone of this country, and we will not let our efforts be in vain.

When the pressure is overwhelming, when it feels like everything is falling apart, remember this: not today. We won’t give up. Not now, not ever.

Stay strong, fellow federal employees. We are in this together, and we are not backing down.

“What do we say to the God of Death?” NOT today !!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48600788)

“This is the real FAFO! Dont poke the GenX bear.”

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2h ago

Agtee. Everyone needs to watch the first 30 minutes of Rachel Maddow (Jan 28). She connects all the dots. The funding freeze, the resignation letter from today. It's a strategy called RAGE: retire all government employees. The objective is to collapse the US government and replace it with a dictator. Watch it. We need to get over the inconvenience of having to work in the office and fight this. We need our own rage now more than ever. Don't give in.

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3h ago

THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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2h ago

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I’ve printed the P25 entire document and am studying it closely. Sun Tzu’s teachings recommend y’all do the same. It’s literally their battle plan. It’s being enacted page by page. So much so that you can pretty much predict when they’ll come for your agency.

GS7 employees are not the fat cat bureaucrats and even GS12s and 13s are middle class in the majority of this country. Barely middle class in a lot of areas. We are not the enemy. We are the cogs that keep this machine running. The vast majority of us simply yearn to serve, and nothing more.

Chin up, friends. This is a fight worth fighting. As cliche as it sounds, people really are depending on us.

If you take the “buyout,” I do not judge you one bit. It may be an enticing offer for many and if it’s what is best for you, then by all means, take care of yourself. Me, personally, wholeheartedly believe in my mission and will not silently abandon the people who I serve. I’m not saying you are abandoning anything, this is a deeply personal matter and, again, you’ll get no judgement from me. Take care of yourself and your family in the best way you can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48600843)

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1h ago

We swore an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. We did not swear fealty to the position or the person in the White House. Stand and be strong!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48600849)

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45m ago

Military person here. Just wanna say that we stand in solidarity. I will refuse to follow unethical and illegal orders, and my loyalties lie with the Constitution, not with the president, per the oath I swore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48600854)

huh?

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Written by a non federal employee sharing their support.

It might take a few days for people to grasp just how enormous of an attack on our democracy this is. It might be when they need to get food stamps, it might be when they go check their student loan, it might be a thousand other things. But know, that the number of us who support you will only grow in these coming days.

Now is the time for you to be loud. Now is your time to be obnoxious. Now is the time to test your conviction. Do what Americans do best and fight back against the tyranny of the entitled and wrathful. These are selfish bastards who look to enrich themselves and their benefactors by stealing from the country, from it's people, and from you.

Big words coming from someone on the other side of a screen I know, but it is rare to know that we find ourselves in the midst of a historical moment. A blip in time that will determine the future of this country and what we as a collective people will stand for, and against.

Know that myself and millions of others are behind you in this moment.

Millions. Not hundreds, not thousands. Millions.

I can't say what will happen next, none of us can, but know no matter what, we stand in solidarity, and want to help however we can.

For anyone wondering how to help

Call your reps. Not just once, every day. It does help.

Express your support to anyone working in the fed government. Friends, family, even enemies.

Shoot down anyone telling you fed employees are lazy. That is a myth meant to demonize hard working patriots so that billionaire oligarchs can have a few more zeroes on their paycheck.

Either we rise together. Or we fall apart.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48601113)

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12h ago

I have 23 years of federal service. I work at least 50 to 55 hours a week. I help regulate the housing market and the mortgage industry. My agency allows there to be stable liquidity in the housing market.

I will not quit. If he wants to fire me, go for it. I'll have my union sue.

Thank you for your support

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48601125)

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11h ago

We hold the fucking line! Smear our name and our hard work but I’ll be damned if I let a group of nepo piss babies destroy my country just because they think they can. I hold the fucking line.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48601131)

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2h ago

Law school level contracts question here - does the OPM email even qualify as an offer or is it an invitation to make an offer to which the “resign” response would be the actual offer? Also doesn’t there need to be a signature on behalf of OPM under UCC given the time/amount of money? I was trying to figure out why it felt so bogus to be able to resign via a one-word response, besides all the present absurdities. Not that it would make a difference since they don’t hold themselves to any existing legal requirements…just rambling at this point lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48601199)

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3 hr. ago

inviteinvestinvent

PSA: /r/fednews is the largest community of federal workers on social media and a prime target for sophisticated propaganda. Critical thinking is now more crucial than ever.

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This subreddit is under attack from foreign and domestic threat actors. Every high profile political subreddit will be a target. Use your critical thinking and slam your report button for weird stuff to help keep bad actors on the radar. Thank you all so much for your diligence, stay strong. Do not resign unless you already lined up another job and the timing befits gambling on a payout.

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8 hr. ago

TargetIcy7277

Retained a federal law attorney tonight.

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Printed out my entire eopf (hundreds of pages, all Outstanding appraisals), opm emails, opm faq's, email from my acting secretary endorsing the 'buyout', etc. I've also been in electronic communication with my personal physician this week describing a variety of severe symptoms related to job related stress. I've successfully procured legal representation in the past for a seven figure settlement. I sue people, not places. It's much more effective. Let's go.

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Excuse me—hello? FBI? CIA? Where are you? Why aren’t you stepping in to address this chaos? Congress, Judicial branches, where’s your backbone? Warren, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Tulsi Gabbard, Deb Haaland—are any of you even paying attention? Is anyone willing to take action, or are you content watching everything burn from the comfort of your offices?

This is not just incompetence—it’s negligence at the highest level. Every person in this administration, especially those at the top, seems perfectly fine letting the entire system crumble before our eyes. Are we seriously supposed to sit back and watch the country implode without anyone stepping up to fix it? What kind of leadership is this? Where is the accountability? Where is the urgency?

We deserve more than empty rhetoric and performative concern. We need immediate, decisive action before this downward spiral becomes irreversible. Enough with the silence. DO. SOMETHING. NOW.

?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5672176&forum_id=2,#48617801)

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5 hr. ago

DepressedFed

RTO, I cried at my desk today.

Today was my first day back in an office for RTO. No one cared or noticed. No contact from from anyone other than an email with office layout and my desk assignment. No one said hello, or engaged with me. I tried to break the ice and talk with people but everyone is in the same boat. No supplies availablefor me since i am not with that department, had to bring in all my gear and set it up. Came home after 8 hours to a disaster from my dogs, who had gotten accustomed to going outside during lunch.

I am placed with people whom I don't work with or interact with, my entire team is still remote searching for offices. I was so lonely and confused. I don't know how I can do this and the toll it is taking on my mental health. I need the job, but this is absolutely torture. I wish I could volunteer to be RIF'd. The DRP has too many loopholes and loss of protections, it scares me.

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5h ago

I'm sorry your day went the way it did. Hopefully, things will get better. I hate going in 5 days a week. I miss my dog. My cozy house that I work so hard to pay for. I miss extra time with my kid. I miss not being absolutely burnt out by 6pm by the traffic and the draining ordeal of interacting with people all day and having no energy left to be fully present in the evening. I'm just exhausted.

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4h ago

I cried at my desk a lot my first week back. I went back Feb24. I had a full meltdown in front of my boss - totally embarrassing - but even she was understanding. Some people do settle in and open up, others take time - and genuinely some days are better than others. I am one of those people who took months to settle in and open up. Give yourself and the other folks in your office some grace.

I wish I had better news. Hang in there.

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5h ago

I'm sorry you had a day like this but before you know it, you will adjust, so will your fur babies.

Agreed, take in some Einstein bagels and cream cheese!

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tldr: libs have shit for brains

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2h ago

Ok-Food-4332

I’m resigning on moral grounds tomorrow

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This is my resignation letter. Thanks for everything, all, and best of luck.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to provide formal notice of my resignation from my position at the Department of the Treasury, effective in one week on January 15, 2026.

This decision follows extended reflection on the conditions under which I can, in good conscience, continue in federal service. Over time (and now with unavoidable clarity) I have concluded that I can’t. I hold a longstanding conviction that violence—particularly when embraced as a legitimate instrument of political will—does not merely risk injustice at its margins, but corrodes the moral foundation of the actions it is meant to secure. I believe that violent actions undertaken deliberately, even for ends that may appear at first blush to be justifiable, tends to reproduce itself through institutions, procedures, and habits, drawing ordinary and well-intentioned work into its wake and causing harm well beyond the anticipatable proximate results of those actions.

For me, this conviction has moral, ethical, religious, and practical consequences. I do not believe that the use of force can be cleanly separated from the systems that prepare it, finance it, or render it administratively routine. While distance and degree matter, they do not eliminate responsibility associated with voluntary participation in systems tending toward growing violent coercion. My conscience clearly tells me that my participation need not be direct to be real; it can consist simply in helping sustain the ordinary functioning of a system when that system has chosen violence and coercion as acceptable political means, especially in a manner that shows a growing acceptance of violence rather than a lessening acceptance.

There is a moral grammar, articulated in traditions of non-cooperation associated with violent systems (see, e.g., the Salt Satyagraha in 20th century India) in which refusal takes the form not of protest or disruption, but of withdrawal from ordinary administrative participation based on a personal moral boundary past which participation can’t be justified even through a complex utilitarian calculus. In this context, the point of non-participation is not to compel outcomes or to demonstrate virtue, but to decline roles that render violent coercion or extraction increasingly administratively normal, especially in a system of government that is actively expanding the use of the state’s monopoly on violence for profoundly questionable reasons.

I understand my decision in this same register, i.e., as a refusal to treat the routine work of revenue collection as morally neutral when it materially sustains political actions I cannot accept as extensions of my personal and moral work.

In light of (inter alia) the United States’ recent military actions in Venezuela, and the subsequent assertion of control over that country and its resources—which has been quickly followed by similar claims about the sovereign and NATO-allied Greenland—this conflict of conscience has become irresolvable. As I contemplate this decision, another person has been summarily shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in circumstances that strongly suggest that it was an unlawful killing, recorded and witnessed, that has subsequently been feebly obfuscated by agencies involved.

My work involves the collection and administration of tax revenue on behalf of a federal government that is now openly engaged in violence despite our country’s ongoing democratic project towards a delegitimization of violence for both international and domestic purposes (or so I believed, perhaps naively). I can no longer reconcile my role at Treasury with my belief that violence, and the material support that enables it, should not be treated as a legitimate or ordinary expression of political action. To continue would require me to bracket convictions that I regard as foundational, rather than optional, to my moral life.

I want to emphasize that this decision is personal in scope. It is not a judgment of my colleagues or supervisors, all of whom I respect deeply, nor is it an assertion that others are bound by the same conclusions I have reached. In fact, I am profoundly grieved to leave what I consider the best team of colleagues and management that I have experienced in my professional life. This decision reflects only my own assessment of where my ethical commitments now place limits on my participation, and of the point beyond which continued service would involve a level of moral acquiescence that I am unwilling to give.

I am deeply grateful to my colleagues and management in IRS Office of Chief Counsel. I am committed to supporting an orderly transition and will assist as I am able during my remaining time in light of and without violating my beliefs outlined.

Thank you for the opportunity to have served my fellow citizens and neighbors in ensuring fair and just administration of the Internal Revenue Code.

Very truly yours,

[my name]

Senior Attorney

IRS Office of Chief Counsel

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