I am currently working for the Rec but I found out about the shut down from the media. I was in shock! They didn't even have the guts to give all the employs a heads-up before they broke it to the media. I went in the next day and asked my supervisor if they were going to have a meeting for all the employs who were off the day it was announced and she bluntly told me "NO"! She told me to just watch the bulletin boards for new information that may be released daily or to ask another supervisor and he could fill me in on whatever he knows. I feel like, as a TE, that we count for nothing. Careers are the first and foremost on everyone's list and the TE's just need to move on and be happy we even have a job. I am married and have 2 children and my paycheck alone pays my house payment. If I can't find a job, I could lose my home. You would think with the REC being a government institution, they would make more of an effort to help us out. All they care about is us being there for them to key mail. Like here at Christmas time, we are expected to work 6 days week and 2 hours over time per night and just completely forget about our families and lives. I was scheduled to work 10 days straight with no day off and when I addressed the issue and told a supervisor that previous plans had been made for my 1 day off, she shrugged her shoulders and said "oh well". Who knows, this shut-down could be a blessing in disguise. Maybe there's something bigger and better out there waiting for me and my family!