As
outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he
vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are
struggling to find work in Washington, D.C.
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans’ major
electoral gains in November, outgoing Obama employees and loyalists to
failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have found
their job prospects in the District foundering, according to Politico.
“It feels like there are just thousands of us trying to find a job, and
there are no jobs,” longtime Clinton aide Mira Patel, who worked for
Clinton in her Senate, State Department and 2016 campaign offices, told
the outlet.
Following Trump’s surprise victory Nov. 8, Democratic
operatives no
longer have some 4,000 presidentially appointed jobs for which to apply
when the billionaire businessman takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
The Democratic workers who were expecting to see a Clinton White House
are reportedly finding the transition especially difficult:
Clinton aides appear to be having a harder time, both emotionally and
practically.
“There’s anger, there’s frustration, there’s anxiety, there’s burnout,”
said Russ Finkelstein, a managing director at Clearly Next and longtime
progressive career guru (including as a founding team member at the
lefty jobs board Idealist.org) who has been counseling Clinton alumni.
“People are in shock,” said Anastasia Kessler-Dellaccio, 35, who quit
her job at Sister Cities International to run Foreign Policy
Professionals for Hillary. Some Clinton campaign workers say they’ve
lost their bearings because they’re so rattled by the differences in
Trump’s values from those represented by Obama and Clinton.
Kessler-Dellaccio added, “I think people, myself included, are trying
to figure out, ‘How do I recalibrate my dreams?’”
But it’s not all bad news. Laslo Bock, Google’s outgoing chief of human
resources, has, according to the Wall Street Journal, established a
database of résumés to help Obama staffers and Clinton advocates find
work after their unexpected yet impending unemployment.
Given the dire situation some outgoing Obama staffers are in: “A
lot of
us are looking for any fit,” Patel said — the soon-to-be-former
president is doing what he can to help his supporters find work in
Trump’s Washington.
“The president made it a priority to ensure that, throughout his
administration, employees had access to professional development
resources and tools to help them advance in their careers and
transition to new opportunities,” White House spokeswoman Brandi
Hoffine told Politico, describing Obama as “extremely grateful” to
those staffers who have stayed with him over the years.
The Karma on this one is sweet!
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Not even taking office and cutting government waste.
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ReplyDeleteHowever realtors in the DC area love it when there is a change of political party in the White House.
ReplyDeleteMost of those 4,000 democrats on their way out will be selling their overpriced homes and condos and their republican replacements will be purchasing a new residence.
What other part of the country has so many real estate agents who are multi-millionaires?
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I know some people in DC are going to happy with the election of
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump. Two stories from the 92 campaign; One involved
a conservative college student who delivered pizza part time.
He told his customers he was working on a political science
class project, then asked each one who they intended to vote
for.
Of those expressing a preference, 80 percent who stated Clinton
stiffed him for a tip. Of those supporting GHW Bush, 80 percent
tipped him.
This was so universal, every waiter, cab driver, waitress, pizza
delivery driver, etc., referred to the Clinton Era as the "Lean
times!" I guess the answer is simply that Democrats are only
addicted to spending OPM, not their own!
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