u/Tricky-Gold9816

Overworked.
Under appreciated.
No help.
Team members are saying they will “help” but then when you ask them for help they are nowhere to be found.
Micromanagement.
New team without official notice - just a “meeting”.
Meetings everyday - all day. Work piling up.
2+ hour commute.
No union.
No telework.
No raise.
$4.50 gallon gas.
New virus on the horizon?
All hands that tell us nothing - shoving AI down our throats.
The job market is horrible in the private sector.
I thought 2025 was really bad..and to be fair it was. This year…it’s just really tough mentally on us all.

For those of you who have been with the government for a very long time…some even 40+ years. How did you do it? I’m struggling and it’s only year 3.

We have an all hands meeting coming up within IT tomorrow with our executive/director and the meeting was sent out to over 300 people to attend. Our manager told us today that the exec is expecting us to get on camera in this meeting…all 300 of us.

Am I missing something here? Can they force you to get on camera?