We are now at the “Find Out” portion of the clown show. I just spent four days in a very red Idaho town and people were surprised that they, their friends, or their loved ones just got pink slipped from jobs at USDA, US Forest Service, and the VA. It was local TV news and restaurant conversations. Absolutely blindsided and I heard one guy that was almost in tears wondering what he would do since he’s 60 and there are only minimum wage jobs in his area.
Nice, they can collect government hand outs and be like the bums they b*etched about.
Probationary employees are not just new hires. They also include people that could have decades of experience but just switched jobs. This is very common.
Trump fired them all lawlessly claiming performance deficiencies
A friend of mine is retired US Army working for USAID as an IT specialist that got let go after a (mostly administrative) change in job title last fall.
“This guy is not a DEI consultant. This guy is not a climate consultant. This guy is a veteran."
Wah!
The haphazard, reckless termination of government jobs/programs by know-nothing teenagers employed by the World's Richest Man is AWESOME. Until it affects you personally, that is. Can't wait for the DOGE kids to start cutting the Boomer's wasteful social security benefits.
Probably because you never really worked. I wouldn't say that Social Security that your parents and or Grandparents contributed to for many years is wasteful. It's well deserved and hard earned. Again, you wouldn't know that from your "Hybrid" 3 day a week remote job would you.
“This guy is not a DEI consultant. This guy is not a climate consultant. This guy is a veteran."
Wah!
The haphazard, reckless termination of government jobs/programs by know-nothing teenagers employed by the World's Richest Man is AWESOME. Until it affects you personally, that is. Can't wait for the DOGE kids to start cutting the Boomer's wasteful social security benefits.
Ain't it hard when you discovered that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal How does it feel, how does it feel?
Probationary employees are not just new hires. They also include people that could have decades of experience but just switched jobs. This is very common.
Trump fired them all lawlessly claiming performance deficiencies
A friend of mine is retired US Army working for USAID as an IT specialist that got let go after a (mostly administrative) change in job title last fall.
I’m sorry to hear that. Hope your friend saved his personal file. Including performance reviews
We are now at the “Find Out” portion of the clown show. I just spent four days in a very red Idaho town and people were surprised that they, their friends, or their loved ones just got pink slipped from jobs at USDA, US Forest Service, and the VA. It was local TV news and restaurant conversations. Absolutely blindsided and I heard one guy that was almost in tears wondering what he would do since he’s 60 and there are only minimum wage jobs in his area.
I thought the narrative from the weenie left was that Fox News towed the Trump line 100% Waters showed that wasn’t true and Marxist America is complaining?
I thought the narrative from the weenie left was that Fox News towed the Trump line 100% Waters showed that wasn’t true and Marxist America is complaining?
While you focus Fox News and “Marxist America”, Trump will focus on fcking you over.
Probationary employees throughout the government are being laid off en mass. Many have had no poor performance issues. Thats easy to prove via their documented performance evaluation records. But the reason listed on their termination emails is due to performance issues. Why? Because even probationary employees have rights and are protected from indiscriminate firing. Why those rights? Because who would work for a government that can just fire you just because or due to political affiliation?
What we are also seeing is that some are being rehired. Why? Because things are being done without due process.
It is SHOCKING that people don’t realize or dare i even say care about these people until it hits home as we just saw in Jesses case.
And lastly, what I am going to say may be controversial but it is true.
When you treat people like trash, and uproot their lives and put them in a desperate situations for no other reason than optics and posturing, or just because, you have no idea what you may be creating. You can’t treat human beings that way and expect everyone to go off into the gentle night.
I am concerned about whats going to come from all of this. Government downsizing is not new. But this process is unprecedented. And it’s all fun and games for folks until it isn’t.
Treat people right. I don’t understand what is so difficult about that.
Great post, but the highlighted part is where the problem lies.
When have you ever seen Trump treat someone right if they have the slightest difference of opinion with him? He has even trashed his own former VP, and dozens of people HE picked for his cabinet, Milley, Esper, Barr, Bolton, etc. and they were actually loyal to him.
Do you really think he give a rats @ss about some low hanging govt employee who has a mortgage and kids in college?
How does he have any connection with the people he and Elon (an autistic clown who clearly lacks any empathy for anyone) fire?
They will dismantle the govt as they see fit, and THEY DONT CARE who is hurt.
We are now at the “Find Out” portion of the clown show. I just spent four days in a very red Idaho town and people were surprised that they, their friends, or their loved ones just got pink slipped from jobs at USDA, US Forest Service, and the VA. It was local TV news and restaurant conversations. Absolutely blindsided and I heard one guy that was almost in tears wondering what he would do since he’s 60 and there are only minimum wage jobs in his area.
They all thought only black trans cross dressers were getting fired !!! lol. If a white male has to get a government job you know they are as useless as can be!
Probationary employees are not just new hires. They also include people that could have decades of experience but just switched jobs. This is very common.
Trump fired them all lawlessly claiming performance deficiencies
yeah as i understand it, if you got promoted recently, you might be technically probationary.
elon is not actually assessing quality, or determining necessity, he looks like he is hunting for vulnerable people under a CBA or something, then throwing around the excuse if questioned. "well, but they were probationary, so they either sucked or were new."
except, in the government, it might actually mean you were effective and got promoted. or the others too.
crude man with crude tools just cutting head count. corporate layoffs only some companies do the leg work. a lot of them just clear out types or departments and move on to the next thing.
my thing is they have not yet made clear whether the jobs evaporate, the funds are refunded or used against debt, or whether this is opening space for the spoils system. that is, that they start filling this space with "reliable MAGA republicans."
in fact, one way to play the game is you start doing this illegal employee and policy chopping, and if a court says you can't veto your own allocated budget, you use it on your own hires and priorities. USAID funds become paying tesla for armored state department EVs.
I thought the narrative from the weenie left was that Fox News towed the Trump line 100% Waters showed that wasn’t true and Marxist America is complaining?
I thought the narrative from the weenie left was that Fox News towed the Trump line 100% Waters showed that wasn’t true and Marxist America is complaining?
This is a really dumb take. Like shockingly dumb.
The us is in financial trouble way worse than you realize. Deep cuts are the only way to attempt to avoid total collapse. Once you realize that you won't cry about 8% workforce cut, program cuts, etc.. it sux but it has to be done asap. Yeah ur gonna lose your job or your handout but that's just the beginning of what has to be done to save the dollar and the economy.
The us is in financial trouble way worse than you realize. Deep cuts are the only way to attempt to avoid total collapse. Once you realize that you won't cry about 8% workforce cut, program cuts, etc.. it sux but it has to be done asap. Yeah ur gonna lose your job or your handout but that's just the beginning of what has to be done to save the dollar and the economy.
Really? It's that dire? Is that why Republicans are planning a $4.5 trillion tax cut for the rich, or maybe sending out $5,000 debt-financed checks to everyone in the country?
The us is in financial trouble way worse than you realize. Deep cuts are the only way to attempt to avoid total collapse. Once you realize that you won't cry about 8% workforce cut, program cuts, etc.. it sux but it has to be done asap. Yeah ur gonna lose your job or your handout but that's just the beginning of what has to be done to save the dollar and the economy.
You’re a moron. People have been predicting a collapse since 1783 the National debt was $43 million.
The us is in financial trouble way worse than you realize. Deep cuts are the only way to attempt to avoid total collapse. Once you realize that you won't cry about 8% workforce cut, program cuts, etc.. it sux but it has to be done asap. Yeah ur gonna lose your job or your handout but that's just the beginning of what has to be done to save the dollar and the economy.
You’re a moron. People have been predicting a collapse since 1783 the National debt was $43 million.
Oh my. I mean, really. I’d go less with the “people have been predicting” point because that’s a line of reasoning that gets shaky very fast.
But “save the dollar” guy clearly has absolutely ZERO idea what “strengthening the dollar” at this point would do to the substantial majority of US businesses (and certainly to the balance sheets of that group of multinational US businesses that employ the most Americans). Oh, you like small business but not Big __? Yup, their bottom line has nothing to do with the wages of people employed by international corporations.
people he and Elon (an autistic clown who clearly lacks any empathy for anyone) fire?
They will dismantle the govt as they see fit, and THEY DONT CARE who is hurt.
I’d say you could rail against Elon Musk’s personal and professional behavior, his role in this administration, and other aspects of his personality by referring to him as a “clown who clearly lacks any empathy.”
My guess is that in refraining from underscoring “autistic” you wouldn’t be really softening your point or ceding ground to untruth, and you wouldn’t risk a falsifying level of incompleteness.
But perhaps you and I have a different understanding about who is called to have empathy and how best to express it.
As the Democrat party implodes, patriotic Republicans rejoice...MAGA
True patriots don’t hesitate to sacrifice their jobs, income, family, favorite sport teams, just to own the liberals. As long as they can PR or win some AG awards, they will be just fine.
people he and Elon (an autistic clown who clearly lacks any empathy for anyone) fire?
They will dismantle the govt as they see fit, and THEY DONT CARE who is hurt.
I’d say you could rail against Elon Musk’s personal and professional behavior, his role in this administration, and other aspects of his personality by referring to him as a “clown who clearly lacks any empathy.”
My guess is that in refraining from underscoring “autistic” you wouldn’t be really softening your point or ceding ground to untruth, and you wouldn’t risk a falsifying level of incompleteness.
But perhaps you and I have a different understanding about who is called to have empathy and how best to express it.
you want me to get pointed? you just eliminated DEI. in which case the fact he is autistic is no longer cute or a diversity hiring reason -- neurodiversity or some such -- it's a FACT to be considered regarding his qualifications and competence to do the job.
personally i think despite the cliches regarding autism or aspberger's, he shows poor attention to detail, based on his failure to grasp the big picture risks of what he is doing, as well as the repeated inaccurate explanations for his decisions.
there is also a basic failure to get that the people on his little inner circle team are CS/IT types, not CPAs or poli sci majors. and while musk as a degreed economics major should get the risks of what he is doing, and admits the economy will go down, i think he's either lost or lying on precisely how far down and how ugly it will get.
the unemployment rate is about to skyrocket. because the government is doing massive layoffs. when they burn through any buyouts or savings, defaults and foreclosures will follow. when the defaults and foreclosures hit, we will have a market crash. when that happens, people with nothing to do with the feds will lose their jobs.