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Trump.
Trump's what's not to like...
...we aren't supposed to like Trump.
c'mon man
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Trump.
Trump's what's not to like...
...we aren't supposed to like Trump.
c'mon man
I'm just not convinced that the deployment of 10,000 Mexican troops, even if it happens, will be anything more than a performative measure.
OSD guidance is everyone returns to the office by this Friday, 7 Feb. Even situational telework is cancelled. Obviously, there are some exceptions.
Where's the funding coming from to lease additional space, purchase IT hardware, desks, chairs, etc.? This is about to get real expensive and does anyone think the salaries of those who take the buyout will go back to their old departments? Yeah, nah.
Where's the funding coming from to lease additional space, purchase IT hardware, desks, chairs, etc.? This is about to get real expensive and does anyone think the salaries of those who take the buyout will go back to their old departments? Yeah, nah.
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There is quite a bit of weeping and gnashing of teeth as that day draws near. Oddly - the ones pissing and moaning the loudest (just the view from my foxhole) seem to be the ones that are the hardest to get ahold of - the hardest to get along with - and the ones least likely to actually help anyone without treating others poorly.
...again that's just MY experience with the issue though.
We started that a while ago, people had to "book" a desk and bring their own laptop from their own remote location. Of course all unused network connections are locked down. So they spend most of their first mornings dealing with the help desk to get the jack unlocked. LOL Thankfully my wife is still fully remote for now but there's plans to set up an office for her "somewhere".
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Federal Government is about 18 months behind Silicon Valley on this. If they're hiring for more seats than they have, they needed to not hire. This isn't the private sector. Just my opinion of course.
My department has two people, the next most analogous organization had 9 + 3 Contractors in their department.
I work with training simulators. Our growth has been explosive in a building from the 80's. Without a massive new complex, we have no hope of seating all of our people. As training sims continue to grow, our footprint will grow accordingly. Anyone want to fund that project?
Does our Federal gov't need some trimming? Absolutely. Should we trim with a chainsaw or pruning shears? In the long run, a chainsaw will bite us in the ass. That's the problem I have with some of the EO's: we need to cut in layers, not a wholesale lopping off of trees. We need to cut our Federal workforce over time and with some targeted cuts, not this Kool Aid man approach.
Maybe that is the thing. Toss out the buyouts and RTO and see what sticks, see who leaves, and re-evaluate in 6-12 months. Maybe that's the plan and it fits Trump's MO. Trump comes across as a bull in a china shop, but I think that's more for show than anything. Like the tariffs, Trump is stick-carrot, not carrot-stick. What I fear is what we're seeing which is Musk and his acolytes, some of whom are barely out of high school, wielding extraordinary amounts of influence.
I really, really wish we had Jared Kushner as Trump's right-hand man instead of Elon. Elon's out of his depth on this one.
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Kushner was terrible. His slow poke approach is what led to Trump getting railroaded, instead of getting stuff done when he had a majority. Playing nice with the DC machine brought us a flubbed Chinese bioweapon, war in Europe, and the embarrassing debacle in the ME. Whole swaths of the forest are infested, they need to be clear cut and replanted.
Dude. We just had a team of autists uncover widescale corruption at USAID. They've been at it for two days. I can only imagine what teams of these people will uncover in the following weeks and months. The fact that some autistic kid, fresh out of high school, is helping dismantle entrenched and corrupt bureaucracies is comedic gold.
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Stick and Carrot is clearly working on foreign policy at the moment. Part of the problem is Congress abdication of their power of the purse, they authorized this bloat, they authorized all the deficit spending. NOW...as POTUS he can audit the government and then submit a balanced budget in July.
He's out once they pick a replacement on March 9th. Which is ironic, the 30 day reprieve is March 5th.
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I was bummed he barley lost his election in WA, but this is friggin awesome!
https://thepostmillennial.com/break...director-of-national-counter-terrorism-center
https://thepostmillennial.com/break...director-of-national-counter-terrorism-center
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Ummm...all the DEI and LGBTQIAA plus shit that USAID was funding overseas...the Jill administration legitimately destroyed our soft power. The weakness that we displayed for four years? Awful
ETA: More levity
ETA: More levity
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I was talking specifically in relation to the issues @AWP brought up with the Fed "severance" reductions.
As an example, if 1 of our 3 logistics peeps resigns, can we backfill next FY? Nobody knows! We been told both that we'll lose the slot permanently and that we can rehire next FY. Those things can't both be true.
Stretch that issue across the entire DOD and this stick-carrot (for this paticular issue) may not cause the effects they want.
Agencies have no good communication of what the future looks like, so it's likely more people are being "exempted" than should be. Employees don't trust the
If the goal is reduction, this has scared people into stagnation.
They should have given agencies 30 days (26FEB) to determine exemptions. At that time, they should have announced they would offer severances with a end date of 28MAR, two weeks after a new budget has passed.
This would have allowed time for proper communication, identification of exactly where cuts can be made, and gotten much more participation from feds on the fence.
ETA: The tarrif shit was good for bargaining, which I honestly did not expect, especially the deal with Mexico, as they've been trying to negotiate that for years and have been ignored.
More "gorilla" shit as @amlove21 (?) Said a page or two back.
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I am hearing a lot--a LOT--about how Trump can't just wholesale cut departments or agencies, which is true. His administration CAN, however, reassign, redirect, and modify how those departments and agencies are going to be run. Still I foresee a million and one lawsuits. Congress will simply refuse to cede any power.
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