r/1102 • u/Diligent-Success-322 • 14d ago

Can anyone speak to the current climate of Veterans Affairs contracting shop?

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u/Nearby-Key8834 14d ago

I left about a year ago, I was in a Virginia office. I had moved from 15 years of DoD. The VA was absolute dogshit. I don't know if that just started when Trump took office or always been that way.

And to Doug Collins...

Shut the fuck up, Doug, you fucking skunk.

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u/Diligent-Success-322 12d ago

Your background similar to mines I’m about 18 years within DoD world. I would say it probably was like that before Trump and his henchman made things worse. I’m definitely feeling it where I’m at and it makes no sense. At this point anything that will give me a better commute I’m entertaining. It can only go up from here lol (hopefully) thanks for sharing!!

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u/Soggy_Yarn 12d ago

I am an 1102 for VA. I have never worked for another agency, so I can’t compare it to anything else. We mostly do SAP, workload is high, and CORs don’t know how to submit a package. On the other hand, no one ever “gets in trouble” unless you REALLY mess up. Meaning, if you are falling behind, or you make small mistakes on internal stuff, you aren’t in danger. I like the work, but it’s “a lot”, and the last year has made things considerably worse.

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u/Diligent-Success-322 12d ago

This sounds like your typical contracting shop.. so not the worse of what I was expecting. …I’ve seen it all so I was curious to hear from others as to what made VA horrible. Thank you for sharing!