Histories wanted! Are you a recently terminated federal employee? Historians want to record your story! There's so much you know; let's get it on the record. You may record anonymously if you wish. https://www.oah.org/2025/03/04/federal-employees-oral-history-project/
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@atlanticjetstream.bsky.social were GONNA find out!!
May I please connect with you and send you a few messages?
The people getting fired are getting *fucked over*. Let's focus on compassion, not putting them under a microscope.
Silly me to think there would be some interest in hearing an outside perspective.
Venting to friends or a therapist, yes!
I think there's a lack of recognition of just how severely negative the impact of being fired is.
I'm also sure it's a very small minority of cases.
Both are true!
Have you ever given or taken an oral history? This isn't being put under a microscope, it's an opportunity to be recorded w/ guiding questions to prompt conversation.
When is the appropriate time to record such stories, in your mind?
Not to be difficult, but salary being frozen just isn't the same thing as being fired into a crappy job market.