As Trump Spirals, Many Of His Staffers Are Looking To Exit

[brooklynite]

Source: BuzzFeed

Even for this chaotic administration, the last few weeks have taken a toll on President Donald Trump and his staff. A tragic mass shooting, big-name staff departures, and a series of scandals — all in the growing shadow of the investigation into Russia’s involvement in 2016 election — has left the White House under a dark cloud of low morale and constant frustration.

Many mid- and low-level staffers are anxious to leave and are actively looking for jobs elsewhere, sources close to the White House say. Those staffers saw the surprising resignation of Trump loyalist and communications director Hope Hicks on Wednesday as a sort of tipping point.

A former White House official said he's spoken with more aides inside the White House who are trying to leave the administration, but not necessarily getting the kinds of high-paying offers in the corporate world as former aides usually do.

"Things are still pretty bleak inside the White House," the source said. "I've talked to several people in the last week trying to find a way out, but they can't get out because no one is really hiring people with Trump White House experience. Not a fun time to say the least."

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[Botany]

1. " .... no one is really hiring people with Trump White House experience."

I think Tillerson is the next off the bus. https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142001412

[SharonAnn]

20. Just not enough lifeboats for them all.

[Botany]

23. Tillerson knows that the jig is up w/Trump and Russia

And he is getting out now. I might be wrong but ....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142001412

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

51. Too many rats, not enough lifeboats.

[mercuryblues]

24. I have been tweeting him about President Kelly

for a while now. I read where he flew off the handle over "President Bannon" and decided to play whack-a-mole.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. Pardon me for a moment while I . . .

"no one is really hiring people with Trump White House experience"

[Girard442]

7. Yeah, anyone who toughs it much longer can say goodbye to their careers.

Flipping burgers, or jail.

[PatSeg]

25. Yes

and the market can only handle so many tell-all books, if any of them hung in there to write a best seller expose on Trump & Co.

Oh, the consequences of poor choices. Sad.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. What happens when you become an ontorage hanger on

Of someone that has no business occupying the Whitehouse!

[Hortensis]

22. Worse. Like pre-stamping a resume "VERY BAD JUDGEMENT,

VERY BAD CHARACTER."

And let's face it, Trump was hardly the only one working far, far above his level. Qualified people wouldn't take the jobs or repelled Trump with warning signs of possible probity.

[JustAnotherGen]

32. +1000 n/t

[brush]

4. It wasn't a good decision to sign on with that crew. Too bad. There's always Walmart or McDonalds.

[cilla4progress]

5. Remember how fun and cool things were

Under Obama?

Except when the rethugs were ruining everything.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "no one is really hiring people with Trump White House experience"

Hmmmm.... I wonder why?

[Weed Man]

10. Meanwhile in a HR manager's office...

HR grabs a random resume. He sees some random name, and looks at it carefully. He sees that that person worked for the Trump White House.

HR immediately inserts that resume into the shredder. Nothing more needed.

No-one will be hiring Trumpians or known Republicans anytime soon.

Oh, and any post-Trump Trumpians who tries to start a business will fail badly.

[underpants]

30. Have they checked with the coal mines?

I'm hearing great things about that industry

[keithbvadu2]

40. Plenty of new Trump coal jobs... BIGLY!

[C_U_L8R]

8. Nothing says "I got poor decision-making skills"

louder than "Trump" on your resume

[flibbitygiblets]

44. Yeah, and who wants to hire someone with such shitty ethics

Lets hire that fella who'd do literally anything for money, including treason. Said no one ever.

Outside of congress and the current WH obviously.

[Weed Man]

9. Those who leave will end up in debt and in a poorhouse for life.

That's the Trumpian way.

[pangaia]

11. Horrifying and funny as it is, we MUST 'glue' all this to republicans!!

And focus especially on penis, lian rian and Mcfuddle.. and cruzer, and.... and and ....

[True Blue American]

39. Trump should hire you

For his nics on tweets! Really good at that.

[Wellstone ruled]

12. Call them what they are TOXIC.

[Sam McGee]

13. Anyone who hitched their wagon to Donald Trump . . .

. . . is too dumb to work anywhere else. Let 'em go down with Trump . . . they deserve each other.

[Lindsay]

14. Borrowed from a friend:

HR manager reviewing resume: "There's a gap in your work experience."

Job seeker: "I was in jail."

HR manager: "Are you sure you weren't working in the Trump administration?"

Job seeker: "No, it was definitely jail."

[underpants]

29. LOL

[Major Nikon]

15. Nelson said it best

[Gothmog]

16. Rats and a sinking ship

[SharonAnn]

21. Not enough lifeboats.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. By contrast, Mueller's staff will be able to write their own tickets for years after it closes. . nt

[awesomerwb1]

18. Fcku them all

But I'll believe it when I see it.

A couple anti-immigration bills here, a gun law there, no mass shootings for a few weeks and.....everything will be back to its chaotic normal.

[IronLionZion]

19. They should blame immigrants for ruining their careers

the same way gays have ruined many conservative marriages.

[Wounded Bear]

26. Just curious, but was anybody "made" off of The Apprentice...

other than becoming Trump toadies like Omarosa, I mean?

Did anyone from that show ever amount to anything meaningful after? I know the Talent based shows had constestants getting record deals and shit. Did Trump's show ever help anybody at all?

[underpants]

33. 2 that I know of and one I found

Andy Dean is a RW talk radio guy - on in the nowhere evening time slot here.

There's was another guy who became a TV personality of some sort mostly famous for he and his wife not being able to have a kid. Forgot his name.

This guy would be top fed prosecutor in S. Florida which covers Mar-a-lago

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2017/10/11/former-apprentice-contestant-again-in-consideration-for-south-florida-prosecutor-job-114967

[True Blue American]

41. Gary Bussey?

[flibbitygiblets]

46. Cyndi Lauper has a sweet commercial gig selling excema pills

I think Meat Loaf is actually serving meat loaf somewhere...

So I guess the answer depends on your definition of "made".

[Wounded Bear]

55. I would say that Celebrity Apprentice doesn't count...

Celebrities, by definition, have alread "made" it.

I was looking for more of the original, with peeps we never heard of before.

[flibbitygiblets]

56. There's a non-celebrity apprentice? I'm proud to say I never watched that shithole show.

But my husband had the "celebrity" version once in a while, somewhere in the house. From what little I saw, those celebrities who were on that show, by definition, definitely had fallen a long way from having "made it". Talk about the D list--what a bunch of ass-kissing fools desperate for one last gasp of fame. SAD!

[mac56]

27. Besides which

They can't get anyone to apply for the vacancies they have now.

[underpants]

28. I hear great things about being a coal miner

more aides inside the White House who are trying to leave the administration, but not necessarily getting the kinds of high-paying offers in the corporate world as former aides usually do.

[Mc Mike]

37. 'The world needs ditch diggers, too.'

[flibbitygiblets]

47. Ironically, if they'd settled for ditch digging

They still might have a chance to make something of themselves.

Loved the Caddyshack ref!

[Mc Mike]

57. You're right about their 'might have beens', flib.

There were a lot of funny lines in that movie. I love the tip Bill Murray got from his caddying for the Dalai Lama.

[gibraltar72]

31. I think at least

for the male staffers they're bummed that Sarah Sanders or Conway will be pullin the train from now on.

[NCjack]

54. There's all those male staffers who were thinking "Hope will eventually get around to me." nt

[GetRidOfThem]

34. I was told by a source here in DC that...

...even Spicy is too toxic to handle and cannot find a job!!!

[Orange Free State]

35. Contrarian that I am, maybe I will get my application in

for some of those vacancies. A steady paycheck and a few laughs included would be nice. I’m at least as qualified as Javonka!

[Mc Mike]

36. "They don't want people leaving here, anymore" -- Cooter Burger, 30 Rock

[BigmanPigman]

38. The problem about this is that no one wants to fill the vacancies.

People who are good and experienced do not want to work there so who will be running the country? Kellyanne and S. Miller?

[underpants]

42. Yeah they've had that problem from the beginning

Lots of positions are still vacant. Pence came out on Inauguration Day bragging about their "Beachhead Teams" (a Romney idea from 2012) filled with temps to hire. They still hadn't filled all the positions.

Anyone with a brain didn't want to get anywhere near the Trump brand after the election and his conduct. That's saying something- usually tons of recent grads apply it's a can't beat line on a resume.

[C Moon]

43. He'll have to start giving positions to Russians.

[erronis]

45. Fortunately for some of those ex-strumpers they won't need to find housing or food

For several years. All expenses paid vacations in some Club Fed. I fervently hope.

Oh, they can learn a new skill like stamping license plates.

[flibbitygiblets]

48. Or mining clean, beautiful coal!

[red dog 1]

49. K&R...Thanks for posting

This cheers me up!

[duforsure]

50. He needs an intervention

Or an exorcists.

[lunasun]

52. Honestly who would hire these nasty rats jumping the sinking ship ? Proven Losers!

[Turbineguy]

53. Good idea. Play it safe.

There are no watertight bulkheads on the SS Trumptanic.

[yurbud]

58. when is Mueller going to send the guys in white jackets to take him to his padded cell?

[mpcamb]

59. "As Trump Spirals," ...as in 'circling the drain'.

Hope it's true.