approximately 2.79 million civil servants are federal workers in the us.
approximately 2.79 million civil servants are federal workers in the us.
how many federal workers are there in the us?
approximately 2.79 million civil servants
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as furloughed federal workers and their families shared stories of their hardships, such as not being able to meet rent or mortgage payments and missed bills, the hashtag "#shutdownstories" went viral on social media. the federal government's office of personnel management (opm) responded by publishing sample letters that employees could send to their creditors. one read, in part, "i am a federal employee who has recently been furloughed due to a lack of funding of my agency. because of this, my income has been severely cut and i am unable to pay the entire cost of my mortgage, along with my other expenses." other federal workers reached out to other news outlets to share stories about having to stretch their budgets and the impact of the shutdown on their families. in addition to being unable to meet rent or pay bills, many federal workers around the country were unable to pay for groceries and turned to food banks. one federal prison guard in louisiana attempted suicide after posting about the financial pressures of the shutdown on facebook.
2018–19 united states federal government shutdown