Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

Summary

Recently terminated federal workers face not only unemployment challenges but also hurtful reactions from family members who support the government cuts.

Luke Tobin, fired from the Forest Service, and Kristin Jenn, whose Park Service job was frozen, describe relatives celebrating their job losses as necessary to “make the government great again.”

Former Park Service employee Riley Rackliffe encountered social media comments calling him a “glorified pool boy” despite his Ph.D.

Some workers report family members unfriending them on social media or dismissing their positions as “waste.”

  • @SlopppyEngineer
    125•2 days ago

    The same people celebrating that Obamacare is gone, and being shocked when Affordable Care Act which they depend on suddenly disappears.

    • @[email protected]
      8•1 day ago

      Wait until they lose Medicaid… Most of them probably have no fucking idea that their health insurance is even funded by it.

    • @ArtVandelayEnglish
      42•2 days ago

      The stupid is coming from inside the house