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I literally said I was joking in two of the posts. Tab check got you sweating dude?
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I literally said I was joking in two of the posts. Tab check got you sweating dude?
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Border Patrol agents allegedly shot at from Mexico on disputed land, Texas DPS confirms
Border Patrol agents allegedly shot at from Mexico on disputed land, Texas DPS confirms
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I literally said I was joking in two of the posts. Tab check got you sweating dude?
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For the record, on the one you said Semi-Kidding I rolled through and kept marching. Just providing pro-tips as one might.
I forget if you said it here, or the other thread or if it was somewhere/someone else. "The most offensive thing about Hegseth is that he doesn't have a Ranger tab".Again, I took that in stride in the spirit it was given if that was you or someone else.
Well, the Return-to-office memo has lead to the end of telework arraignments for DOD staff, barring medical/weather/"operational need".
Having a day a week where I didn't need to do my 120 mile round trip was nice, but oh well.
We'll see how many people with a commute like mine (or further) leave for a more local agency/role.
Having a day a week where I didn't need to do my 120 mile round trip was nice, but oh well.
We'll see how many people with a commute like mine (or further) leave for a more local agency/role.
Wow. There is was BIG money in the DEI grift.
Department of Veterans Affairs places 60 DEI employees on leave with salaries totaling more than $8M
More than $14M. And that's just one agency.
Department of Veterans Affairs places 60 DEI employees on leave with salaries totaling more than $8M
More than $14M. And that's just one agency.
We're losing people, we just don't know how many on the gov side. Ctr side, guys are already telling their companies they will leave. We just had our monthly staff meeting. Every program is running behind and that's without losing people. Some programs had a few people fully remote OUTSIDE of our state. The RTO order has had the folks here screaming bloody murder because the out of state people were off the rank-and-file's radar. If the out of state people are held to a different standard, then IG's going to be busy.
If the plan is to save money by losing folks and underperforming, then it is working to perfection. "Elon's a genius!" Maybe, but not every genius has great ideas and as I've screamed since the beginning: the RTO order will not be the success people want to believe. I think it will turn out worse than we imagine.
The way I read the DoD guidance, commands can request/make ETPs. My immediate supervisor is remote (and arguably the hardest-working person in our shop) and I think he's going to be fine.
IT is one area where I think remote work can make sense. Our S6 guess work one floor down from me, and almost anytime I need something I message them on Teams, they respond right away, and then remote-in to my laptop and solve whatever it is that I've dorked up.
But other shops... when I was trying to come into this job, the people responsible for getting me onboarded and paid weren't responding to my emails so after a couple of days I went to their on-post office "Oh you're looking for <that person>? She works remotely." Well yeah, she might be remote, but she's not working. At least not on the things I need her to work on. "Sorry, no one here can help with that." WTF.
Everyone in that office should have been in that office.
IT is one area where I think remote work can make sense. Our S6 guess work one floor down from me, and almost anytime I need something I message them on Teams, they respond right away, and then remote-in to my laptop and solve whatever it is that I've dorked up.
But other shops... when I was trying to come into this job, the people responsible for getting me onboarded and paid weren't responding to my emails so after a couple of days I went to their on-post office "Oh you're looking for <that person>? She works remotely." Well yeah, she might be remote, but she's not working. At least not on the things I need her to work on. "Sorry, no one here can help with that." WTF.
Everyone in that office should have been in that office.
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In the Marine reserves in the 90s we (Marines and corpsmen) could slots for airborne and ranger. It was infrequent, but it happened.
I got it. But then again, I can read ;)
Just spent an hour trying to get an appointment for windshield repairs.
All three individuals I had talk to were remote.
Talking to #3 was like talking on HF, talk, listen to the echo, then another short talk.
Remote only works if comms are good.
Funny reading about non-existent office space; yet papers were saying the Government is paying rent on empty buildings in DC.
I wonder who owns those buildings?
All three individuals I had talk to were remote.
Talking to #3 was like talking on HF, talk, listen to the echo, then another short talk.
Remote only works if comms are good.
Funny reading about non-existent office space; yet papers were saying the Government is paying rent on empty buildings in DC.
I wonder who owns those buildings?
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"One of the employees had a salary of over $220,000 per year, according to the VA."
That's the average annual salary of a 'SES-2' which is essentially the civilian version of a 2-Star General.
So the VA is quick to say "hey, fuck right off Staff Sergeant Snuffy, we aren't going to pay for your bad back" but they have NO problem paying an SES-2 so that we can all be preached at about how gender is a spectrum
I feel like there is probably a metric shit ton of non-supervisory-GS14's in the pile of bullshit as well.
The legion of denigrate pedos and mentally ill jackasses on the left side of the political spectrum have surely butt fucked us all much deeper and waaay harder than many of us will ever know.
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also only works if the employees and their management are good.
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HR and I were discussing how remote works...because I'm fully remote from everyone now. My boss was fully remote. She works at a satellite office but has been WFH for a few months for a variety of reasons.
Remote only works when the leader has significant capacity to manage their personnel. Yes, you 100% need to babysit a significant majority of the adult working population. Mind, that the office is a crutch for a lot of bad leaders. And many of them can't manage people well in the office either.
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President Trump pulling out all the stops to reduce the federal workforce.
Eight months worth of severance pay, even.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html
Eight months worth of severance pay, even.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html
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So, Biden pardoned him for war crimes and subverting the chain of command? Like it was fairly public, perhaps 'ol Bob Woodward shouldn't have published it? But I know he likes counting his bennies.
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