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This is off the AP Newswire, here's the AP original with a bit more detail: https://apnews.com/0336437987fec77627c17ca9a4c781bc https://apnews.com/0336437987fec
by gerbal 6y ago
This is off the AP Newswire, here's the AP original with a bit more detail: https://apnews.com/0336437987fec77627c17ca9a4c781bc https://apnews.com/0336437987fec77627c17ca9a4c781bc
- ipsin 6y agoTrump acknowledged that he was made aware of the issue after seeing a television ad ... that aired in prime time on Fox News. ... The ad, Lynn said, had an “audience of one,” aiming to persuade Trump to stop the TVA from outsourcing much of its information technology division. I wonder how many other Trump administration policy decisions can be linked back to an ad buy on Fox News...
- Alupis 6y agoThis is nothing new. Take a political ad out on a major network it certain to get attention from any administration - even if just to look into the premise.
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- Whinner 6y agoAccording to the article linked, Trump wants the new CEO to make less than $500k/year. Yet, according to this article from 2019, the CFO, COO, general council & chief nuclear officer are all making well over that. Who the hell is going to take the CEO job? https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2019/nov/15/tva-pays-record-amounts-top-executives/508316/ https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2019/nov/15/...
- one2know 6y agoAre you kidding? Most people make $50k not $500k. Lots of existing CEO's don't even make $500k.
- learc83 6y agoThey mean what qualified person is going to take that job. If you're qualified to run a company that size, you can make much more than $500k.
- true_religion 6y agoIt is likely they will hire people who will only use the jobs as a stepping stone to private industry. They will take the low pay of government to prove their abilities, then jump to the private sector. So long as it doesn’t become a revolving door project with workers influenced by private companies by promises of future employment, then I think the whole practice is fine.
- learc83 6y ago>They will take the low pay of government to prove their abilities, then jump to the private sector. So the job of running a $10 billion dollar per year company that manages nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams, and supplies power to millions of people is done by someone who hasn't yet proven they likely have the capability to do so? This isn't a summer internship at the State Department.
- ultrasaurus 6y agoTWA has >8000 employees on LinkedIn & >$10B in revenue, getting a CEO who isn't making at a salary in the top 1% of US workers seems like a stretch.