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No, they aren't doing anything to improve anything. They aren't even using real criteria, instead just firing anyone whose been in their current position for le
by foobarchu 2y ago
No, they aren't doing anything to improve anything. They aren't even using real criteria, instead just firing anyone whose been in their current position for less than some time. That means a lot of very senior people who happened to take promotions or transfers are being fired willy nilly.
From what I've seen (I know multiple people at places directly affected by this), the justification is "poor performance", which is clearly nonsense as theres been no time for that kind of evaluation and the actual criteria is obvious (probationary or not).
The effects on unemployment here will be absolutely unprecedented, given how many very smart, otherwise successful people are being punted. It has also killed morale at any and all government agencies and companies that work with them (pretty clearly the point, imo). Everyone knows making the entire workforce depressed and fearful helps productivity!
In case it seems like these people at all know what they're doing: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-firings-us-nuclear-weapons-workers-reversing/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-firings-us-nuclear-weapons...
- jrs235 2y agoI believe Musk is a Russian agent.
- CoastalCoder 2y agoI'm trying to have a sober and thoughtful view on this topic. But I genuinely cannot decide if it's likely that Trump's re-election and/or current behavior are the result of Chinese / Russian operations. I guess the question is somewhat academic, given the scale of damage that Trump, Musk, et al are inflicting on national security.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoYou have to figure whether there is anybody out there who would reward Trump most handsomely if he succeeds in destroying American economic advantage. Musk is on the bandwagon now, are there really that many organizations or individual decision makers who have the resources to make him more fabulously rich than he already is? And are these in the same camp and are they aligned in any way? If Ronald Reagan were alive today he would surely be condemning Trump as a flat-out communist, and not just a commie sympathizer as a softer reaction to his first term. Plus, is there a counter-party who can make Trump a better offer if he were to refrain from applying his legendary bankruptcy-prone financial misdeeds to the country as a whole? After all this would realistically be his last chance for sure this time. Remember when Trump goes bankrupt, he says how great he did because other people lost more :(
- jrs235 2y ago>are there really that many organizations or individual decision makers who have the resources to make him more fabulously rich than he already is? Russia. Putin promised Elon he would be able to pursue the North American Technate without Russian interference. Elon bought Trump and promised that Trump would stay out of prison. If one gets caught now they both go down.
- sznio 2y ago>Musk is on the bandwagon now, are there really that many organizations or individual decision makers who have the resources to make him more fabulously rich than he already is? well, he's so rich that getting richer doesn't matter. But running the whole country is priceless
- jrs235 2y agoBut running the whole country = power He wants more power. Money is old and boring to him already.
- howaxi 2y agoYou might be surprised to hear this but there are people in the CIA and IC who agree with Trump and Vance on Ukraine and many things. How many, I'm not sure, but the idea that there's one US foreign policy is obscured by the political actors that rise to the top. There are very senior people who do not agree with the standard CFR/NED coalition.
- mistrial9 2y agoyes, but no... Limited experience here in California shows a) Feds who can't attract the best talent and b) the power to outsource, subcontract and stall. It would be great to idolize every member of Federal Science but.. survey says.. no, not so simple in reality