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Yep, I'm a federal contractor working in NIH as a data scientist, and completely agree with the above comment. Before November, I would have said the same thin

by Onawa 2y ago

Yep, I'm a federal contractor working in NIH as a data scientist, and completely agree with the above comment. Before November, I would have said the same thing as the parent comment. After January 20th, everyone who is left is currently looking for backups in case they get laid off. Gov and fed contractor positions used to be the most stable jobs you could get. Now, they are just as uncertain as industry jobs. It's extremely unfortunate.

pelagicAustral 2y ago
Sorry to hear... I hope this situation gets sorted sooner rather than later.
dgfitz 2y ago
Defense contractors most likely do not share the same sentiment.
not2b 2y ago
I'd say that they are more uncertain than industry jobs at this point, unless you're talking about companies that have recently been taken over by private equity where the new owners intend to gut the place and sell off the parts.
- excalibur 2y ago
  > unless you're talking about companies that have recently been taken over by private equity where the new owners intend to gut the place and sell off the parts. Off topic, but this is starting to feel like the rule rather than the exception. This practice should not be legal.
  - pelagicAustral 2y ago
    It's all about money, isn't it?
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    I worked for a compaby as the dev lead that was bought by private equity along with other smaller companies to eventually get big enough to go public. I saw the writing on the wall. I knew it didn’t make sense to try to build a development department - what I was originally hired to do. I became more of an “enterprise architect” responsible for managing and coordinating third party consulting companies. I left a year and half later and went to work for a startup. I left there abs when I was looking for a job three years later, the company that acquired the startup offered me a job as a staff architect responsible for integrating all of their acquisitions. As soon as I found out it was PE backed, I noped out. I still inadvertently ended up at a PE backed company that also had a roll up strategy. It was shitty and I only lasted a year before moving on

by Onawa 2y ago

pelagicAustral 2y ago

Sorry to hear... I hope this situation gets sorted sooner rather than later.

dgfitz 2y ago

Defense contractors most likely do not share the same sentiment.

not2b 2y ago

I'd say that they are more uncertain than industry jobs at this point, unless you're talking about companies that have recently been taken over by private equity where the new owners intend to gut the place and sell off the parts.

excalibur 2y ago
> unless you're talking about companies that have recently been taken over by private equity where the new owners intend to gut the place and sell off the parts. Off topic, but this is starting to feel like the rule rather than the exception. This practice should not be legal.
- pelagicAustral 2y ago
  It's all about money, isn't it?
- scarface_74 2y ago
  I worked for a compaby as the dev lead that was bought by private equity along with other smaller companies to eventually get big enough to go public. I saw the writing on the wall. I knew it didn’t make sense to try to build a development department - what I was originally hired to do. I became more of an “enterprise architect” responsible for managing and coordinating third party consulting companies. I left a year and half later and went to work for a startup. I left there abs when I was looking for a job three years later, the company that acquired the startup offered me a job as a staff architect responsible for integrating all of their acquisitions. As soon as I found out it was PE backed, I noped out. I still inadvertently ended up at a PE backed company that also had a roll up strategy. It was shitty and I only lasted a year before moving on