She said frequent shutdowns could also discourage people from working for the government, since many of her colleagues have chosen not to go into the private sector with the assumption that government is more stable.
"If it happens once every few years, it isn't going to change a person's mind. But if this happens every year, yeah, absolutely," she said.
The employee from the Homeland Security Department said he is also concerned that the shutdown will happen again. "If they (Congress) don't give President Trump the money he demanded to build a border wall in the three weeks period, we might be in the same position again," he said.
Besides fearing another shutdown, federal employees are worried that failing to pay bills in time could undermine their credit.
"Even when the pay checks start coming again, that doesn't change the fact that your mortgages are due, your car payments are due, your bills are due. So then you have late fees and it's impacting your credit," Elizabeth Gilkey, director of development at the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, told Xinhua.
Gilkey said she would rather federal employees come to the food bank for help than use up their savings or run up their credit card. "We are just trying to do a little something to take away that stress, just helping to create more of a buffer," she said.
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