"I lost my dream job yesterday."

[babylonsister]

They didn't know and most certainly don't care...

https://www.facebook.com/stacy42

Stacy Ramsey

I lost my dream job yesterday.

I received the notice of termination around 3:00, then was immediately summoned to HQ to sign papers. I was locked out of my government account before I could print off the email.
The decision to terminate was based on my "probationary" status, I was in the first year of a 4 year IRA funded term position. The park had no say, they just received a list of four employees to terminate.

Did those who made the decision know or care that the main objective of my position is to provide preventive search and rescue education, to keep park visitors safe?

Did they know that I have assisted with at least 20 SARs and a few recoveries over the last five years?

Did they know that I am part of the visitor and resource protection division, and that I spent my days on the frontline, looking out for the safety of park visitors?

Did they know that I have worked in various roles in the park for five years, including my primary positon of river ranger, upper district fee collector, emergency hire interp at BPVC, and assisted the concessions division and maintenance divisions as well?

Did they know that I stayed in that GS 5 river ranger job, despite opportunities for more permanent positions because I loved looking out for the safety of people on the river, it's a calling of sorts.
Did they know I spent countless hours picking up trash, probably at least 100 mesh bags full over the 5 years?

Did they know I spent countless hot summer days at Grinder's Ferry, talking to campers and passing out mesh trashbags, and countless hot, dusty evenings at Gilbert, attempting to control the chaos?

Did they know that I truly loved my job? That I wholeheartedly love the river? That the river is home to me?

They had no idea.

The park also lost the one and only interp staff at the Buffalo Point visitor center, the only fee collector for the upper district and one of only three maintenance staff in the middle district. Tough times.

[North Shore Chicago]

1. trump is going to 'play'

with his toys (us) until we break.

[TommieMommy]

2. 🙏 so sorry 🙏

[surfered]

3. This is an abomination and hopefully the courts will not let it stand.

Congress appropriated these funds by law. Laws cannot be overturned by Executive Orders.

You and your fellow civil servants should band together and get legal counsel to protect your rights and, by so doing, our Parks.

[milestogo]

4. People get lost, let 'em get hungry and die.

People get into trouble on the river, let 'em drown.

We gotta cut waste and fraud. Its the MAGA way.

[Seinan Sensei]

5. Words fail me

I'm so sorry
My heart hurts for you

[Just Jerome]

6. So sorry...

Just heard from a friend at church. Her son-in-law, with just a couple of years until retirement from the park service, had to fire his team; he’ll be next.

Every. Damned. Day. Tens of thousands of people suddenly canned.

Curse these bastard swine.

[Rebl2]

10. Starting to see

stories of maga people that work government jobs are losing them and they are angry. They are saying we thought that trump would just be fixing the economy and border. They had no idea he would cut government jobs and spending. Guess they didn’t hear about the project 2025 federal plan that trump supposedly didn’t know about. Another young woman I read about said she voted for trump because he would allow abortion again. Don’t know where she heard that. Magats are getting what they voted for in my opinion.

[MadameButterfly]

25. Trump was elected by low information voters

Unfortunately the polls don't show that they have woken up yet. I keep hearing on DU that MAGAs are unhappy, but not reflected in the polls. If they aren't upset now, how will they get it when the propaganda takes over?

I can't be happy about MAGAs losing their jobs when for each MAGA job there are 2 who voted against Trump. The person in this post was not a Trumper.

Trumpers are cynical, depresssed, angry, and want to take it away from anyone who has passion and a life. Much less anyone who actually keeps themselves informed. How to we torture them enough so they wake up by the next election, and how do we make sure the next election really happens?

I'm not trying to be a doomsayre here. I really want to solve this because we still can do it. But it has to happen now.

[COL Mustard]

7. Every one of us in Civil Service is, or should be, concerned about the future.

We used to have a stable, secure career, at least until last month. That's all out the window now.

I lead a team of about 12 people, luckily no probationaries. Personally, I have almost 35 years in Government, all with the same agency. I'm probably safe, and at worst could retire before the axe falls. I'm worried about my people, and the other people in our department who do what they do. There are about 75 of us total and of that I think there are still some on probation. When DOGE comes (not if) those folks will be gone. Maybe they can go back to their contract positions, maybe not. We're all at risk.

We all support military procurement programs, so I imagine the program management offices themselves will be next. I know a lot of people in those offices, including some military who retired and took either Civil Service or contractor jobs. Again, these aren't people who are making huge salaries; they could have gone to work in the Defense industry and made a LOT more money. They took the jobs they took in order to support the mission and to continue to support the troops.

I am really hating those people and those who voted for them. Voldemort is doing EXACTLY what he said he would do, and so many people didn't believe him. They'll be hurt just like the rest of us and frankly, I don't give a damn for them.

[MadameButterfly]

26. Putin is Voldlemort

Trump is maybe Malfoy's father who willl suffer the consequences of signing a contract with the devil.
Except for your inaccurate Harry Potter analogy , excellent post

[Liberal In Texas]

8. The claim all this misery is due to fraud. Like this woman and her coworkers were committing fraud.

What a shame. Our country is being eroded right in front of our eyes.

[Walleye]

11. I haven't seen any examples of waste, fraud, or abuse. It's just a lie.

It’s just a slogan musk uses to cut his own taxes and get more government contracts. I wonder why people don’t ask what musk is getting out of this.

[Liberal In Texas]

15. "It's just a lie" about sums it up.

The excuse they peddle to the magat rubes.

[Walleye]

17. They will still think it's a good thing as they file for unemployment

[dickthegrouch]

18. Until they discover that unemployment has risen

From Biden’s historical low, to TFP’s new historic high. Worse that the few available jobs don’t actually want them.
I predict a huge bloom in long-term unemployment.

[Dem4life1234]

23. Where are the accountants to investigate.if there is fraud?

Exactly, they are a bunch of grifters.

He needs to take a rocket to Mars, take orange man with him .

[cstanleytech]

9. I wonder how many Republicans cheering this that hunt and fish realize how vital such people are to the environment.

An environment upon which the same animals they hunt and fish for live and feed upon to grow and if that environment becomes polluted say with raw sewage they will be consuming.
Then again they might not care considering they have been voting raw sewage into office for years like Trump.

[ChazII]

12. I just sent a text to a friend who works

for the park service here in Arizona. I asked her if her job was safe and now I am waiting for her reply.

[markie]

13. they (fascists) don't care

I am so troubled by all this... a park job would be my dream job... I am so sorry for the people, for the land, the environment, our country, my future, my kids future...

they (fascists) are destroying and planning to rewrite history

[1WorldHope]

14. I am so sorry and angry for you.

Those fools want to turn the parks
into mines. They are evil and they must be defeated!

[happy feet]

16. I'm so so sorry

You're the true definition of government employees contrary to what the Repubs say. I trust you'll find a way to continue your passion and public service. Take care of yourself.

[alarimer]

19. Don't need rangers if you don't have parks.

I'm betting this is in preparation for sellling off the parks.

[Joinfortmill]

20. I'm so sorry.

[GoldenMezzoDiva]

21. So very sad and maddening to hear...

hearts breaking, livelihoods stolen by greedy monsters, bulwarked by a stupid populace...Mon dieu! Here's hoping that she's off to bigger and better things.

[Dem4life1234]

22. I'm so fucking sick of these sociopaths

I'm so sorry, OP!

This is certainly illegal and they have no right to do this. This is so wrong.

[electric_blue68]

24. I've only been to ?two National Parks, but I love that they're out there preserveing some of our....

glorious countryside of all kinds!

😞

[SARose]

27. Not about fraud, waste or efficiency

It’s about getting rid of agencies Trump and Musk don’t like. Especially those agencies and departments who provide oversight.

Trump never does anything that doesn’t benefit him.

The price of eggs in my local store went up again this week.

Still waiting…

[JI7]

28. They want to destroy the things that make this country great

they want to destroy the people that make the country great.