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Social Security employees grill management during tense shutdown meeting (www.wired.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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WIRED obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees pressed leadership on plans for the agency.

As the U.S. government shutdown stretches into its second month, agency leaders at the Social Security Administration (SSA) are becoming increasingly worried about how the key government department, which provides benefits to roughly 70 million Americans, will continue to operate.

During the call, managers spoke candidly about staffers who can no longer afford to drive to work and a crisis of confidence in the agency.

“People are coming to me saying they cannot put gas in their car and they cannot afford to come to work anymore, and they'll need to get other jobs,” said one employee on the call. “Pretty soon they won't be able to afford to work at the agency.”

“My heart's breaking because I hear all this stuff across the country,” Sriubas responded. “We had to close an office in California today because we didn't have enough people to open the doors … Nobody wants to close an office … But I also understand that people have to live their lives and they have limited means to do that when you're now missing your second full paycheck.”

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[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 42 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

Second paycheck?

How does this get this far?

After not being paid the first check and no EBT we should be in the goddamn streets by now

What the fuck is wrong in the United States?

we should all be staying out of work and rioting and participating in civil disobediences

When Roe v Wade expected more too but we just silently bent over saying but one more vote for our team will win it

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

We’ve been coddled all our lives. We as a country need to have to affect us personally to wake us up to it. And when we wake up, all hell will break loose; for that I’m sure.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I kind of doubt us citizens ever stand up. If they do, it'll probably be against one another rather than against billionaires.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

I guess we will find out. Hopefully sooner rather than any later than it’s already been.

~We certainly live in interesting times.~

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