The Trump Presidency 2.0

[AWP]

BLUF: None of this is working out well, or as reported, or even makes sense.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Reading my branch's latest guidance this is going how I thought. "Stand by to standby."

Fork in the Road email is legit, but DoD is looking into if that applies to their personnel or not, so don't respond just yet. RTO requirements are legit, but numerous factors prevent this from happening, so continue to do what you do until we have further guidance. You have to return to the office within 30 days, but we don't know how that will happen so be flexible.

Some contractors in our building were placed on permanent telework because there aren't enough seats for Gov and Contractor. Shit, son, this RTO order is already making gains...right?

This is hilarious. I'm glad DOGE is staffed with geniuses...

 

[amlove21]

I am not tired yet of the winning.

I hope the expected 5-10% of the emailed folks take the package. That's $100B. Then, I hope the president moves every single one of these gluttonous departments out of DC- it is estimated that 20% of the DC elite won't move to places like Des Moines and Idaho if directed. And to that I say (in Jocko's voice)- good.

As an aside- holy JEEBUS is Karoline Leavitt a savage on the mic. The Find Out administration is in full swing- and it's been 9 days.

 

[Cookie_]

I am not tired yet of the winning.

I hope the expected 5-10% of the emailed folks take the package. That's $100B. Then, I hope the president moves every single one of these gluttonous departments out of DC- it is estimated that 20% of the DC elite won't move to places like Des Moines and Idaho if directed. And to that I say (in Jocko's voice)- good.

As an aside- holy JEEBUS is Karoline Leavitt a savage on the mic. The Find Out administration is in full swing- and it's been 9 days.

I'm interested in how they got to that $100B number.
The CBO numbers

In fiscal year 2022, the federal government spent roughly $271 billion to compensate those civilian employees. About 60 percent of that total was spent on civilian personnel working in the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Either way, drawdown is good. I'm supportive of changes to our employment structure/standards. It's only a small percentage of feds (I've seen) who are shitbags, but it's impossible to get rid of them barring something criminal.

 

[GOTWA]

I am not tired yet of the winning.

I hope the expected 5-10% of the emailed folks take the package. That's $100B. Then, I hope the president moves every single one of these gluttonous departments out of DC- it is estimated that 20% of the DC elite won't move to places like Des Moines and Idaho if directed. And to that I say (in Jocko's voice)- good.

As an aside- holy JEEBUS is Karoline Leavitt a savage on the mic. The Find Out administration is in full swing- and it's been 9 days.

If I could move my job to Idaho...Fuck, I'm in.

 

[compforce]

The double dip is on!

 

[ThunderHorse]

Guys, it's not gardening leave. We just want ya gone.

 

[AWP]

Anyone seen Nancy Pelosi's Nvidia stock? Neither has she since she sold it off right before Nvidia lost about 17% of it's stock value.

Some gals have all the luck, I guess.

 

[Salt USMC]

The government is only funded up to March so I’m not sure how secure that promise of 8 months pay is

Edit: Oh, never mind. This is an offer for morons. It’s not a severence check, it’s “We’ll pay your normal salary and you can do whatever until October. Then you won’t have a job.” I would be surprised if 1% of the workforce took this

 

[GOTWA]

I got my email, but I'm about 25 years from retirement eligibility and about 97 years away from financial suitability.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

I am not tired yet of the winning.

I hope the expected 5-10% of the emailed folks take the package. That's $100B. Then, I hope the president moves every single one of these gluttonous departments out of DC- it is estimated that 20% of the DC elite won't move to places like Des Moines and Idaho if directed. And to that I say (in Jocko's voice)- good.

As an aside- holy JEEBUS is Karoline Leavitt a savage on the mic. The Find Out administration is in full swing- and it's been 9 days.

If I could move my job to Idaho...Fuck, I'm in.

Lol. You guys realize that anyone from DC is going to get loved tenderly in Idaho... right?



People haven't forgotten the above and the influx of California liberals, during Covid, has made the population hostile to outsiders.

 

[GOTWA]

Lol. You guys realize that anyone from DC is going to get loved tenderly in Idaho... right?

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People haven't forgotten the above and the influx of California liberals, during Covid, has made the population hostile to outsiders.

I'll bring my neighbors a costco pie and then I'll stick a 10' American flag in my yard. I'm sure they'll get the point when I don't roll up in a Tesla.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

I'll bring my neighbors a costco pie and then I'll stick a 10' American flag in my yard. I'm sure they'll get the point when I don't roll up in a Tesla.

You're better off asking your neighbors which local church they go to.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

I sincerely hope that a large chunk of the federal workforce is trimmed/fired and that they fuck off to their liberal utopia's. For years we've had unelected liberal bureaucrats lord power over us, destroying our cities and social fabric. I hope they are forced to embrace the diversity and ruin they forced on the rest of us.

That said, I doubt they will. Like a plague, they are rootless and spread disease wherever they go.

 

[Marauder06]

The government is only funded up to March so I’m not sure how secure that promise of 8 months pay is

Edit: Oh, never mind. This is an offer for morons. It’s not a severence check, it’s “We’ll pay your normal salary and you can do whatever until October. Then you won’t have a job.” I would be surprised if 1% of the workforce took this

Why is this an "offer for morons?" If you have skills (general "you," I know you specifically have a lot of marketable skills), you can get another job and double dip on that sweet, sweet government teat for EIGHT MONTHS.

I have a lot of personal loyalty to my current organization and my current boss, but I would totally take that offer* and jump over to the private sector and laugh all the way to the bank.



*if I were eligible for it, which apparently I'm not

 

[AWP]

I sincerely hope that a large chunk of the federal workforce is trimmed/fired and that they fuck off to their liberal utopia's.

I guess I work around the wrong crowd because they aren't what you describe. As always, you're smarter and have all of the answers.

 

[AWP]

I have a lot of personal loyalty to my current organization and my current boss, but I would totally take that offer* and jump over to the private sector and laugh all the way to the bank.

We have a number of people looking at that possibility. Take the offer, early "retirement", return as a contractor to do the exact job for 30k+ a year more. Guys could slide in around 60k a year more with the right company.

 

[Topkick]

The Kash Patel confirmation hearings today will be fun to watch.

 

[Marauder06]

I heard on a podcast today that something like only 6% of federal workers are in the office fulltime.

Fulltime is only 40 hours a week.

That percentage sounds low to me and I haven't fact-checked it yet. But if it's anything close to that, then yeah, we need to make some big changes.

 

[Cookie_]

Why is this an "offer for morons?" If you have skills (general "you," I know you specifically have a lot of marketable skills), you can get another job and double dip on that sweet, sweet government teat for EIGHT MONTHS.

I have a lot of personal loyalty to my current organization and my current boss, but I would totally take that offer* and jump over to the private sector and laugh all the way to the bank.



*if I were eligible for it, which apparently I'm not

I can think of a few reasons. The aforementioned lack of a fully funded budget is a big one.

A second one is that, despite Elon saying we can take second jobs, that's not what the offical communication from OPM states. The email specifics that that your agency "will likely" allow you to take paid admin leave or reduce work hours, not that it necessarily will.

Third one is there's still some weirdness around the process/assurance of this. If I reply with my resignation but then find out they actually can't pay me for 8 months, am I allowed to rescind it or does my agency process me out immediately?

I'm not eligible anyways, but there's to many unknowns for me to have a warm and fuzzy even if i was. I can think of only two types of employees who would take this; those who will reach/are past the minimum retirement age/service before 30SEP, and those who are already looking to leave the feds for private sector.

ETA: I can think of a third type, which is those on a remote status who cannot/won't return to office. Not sure how many of them will drop out, especially if some agencies offer relocation assistance.

 

[AWP]

I heard on a podcast today that something like only 6% of federal workers are in the office fulltime.

Fulltime is only 40 hours a week.

That percentage sounds low to me and I haven't fact-checked it yet. But if it's anything close to that, then yeah, we need to make some big changes.

I go in three days a week, telework 2, and every single deadline I've missed is because my remote site can't deliver on time. And those guys? 40+ hours a week on site.