I don’t think most people think of the military side. More hhs ssa on and on. I’m tired of these hours and the grind. Be nice to land an alj gig …..
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I’ve broken you.
To the point where shouting “You’re ignorant!” is all you can muster.
You are a defeated man.
I have worked for a city, the state, feds, IU, small business, big business, and a hybrid (government employee in a facility required to make a profit).
The biggest single difference I know is government employees are expected to follow the rules the most, followed by corps, lastly small business. If you are a government employee my experience was they demand you take your breaks/lunch. You are not to work OT, especially not "off the clock". In small business it was expected during rush one would pitch in. Corps and government tend not to replace people because a nephew needs a job.
Though I know many in the corporate world that were let go about age 60. "We are going in a different direction". I have not seen that happen in government.
I have a buddy who is a hard worker but not the fastest. Working F500, he put in a crap ton of hours to keep up. He now works for a government agency and has been warned that his job is 40 hours and they do not want him working extra off the clock.
I think that, "we are in the weeds but I am going on break" leads to some of the "government employees are lazy" trope. But things like that are the law, if the government doesn't follow it how could they require everyone else?
The biggest single difference I know is government employees are expected to follow the rules the most, followed by corps, lastly small business. If you are a government employee my experience was they demand you take your breaks/lunch. You are not to work OT, especially not "off the clock". In small business it was expected during rush one would pitch in. Corps and government tend not to replace people because a nephew needs a job.
Though I know many in the corporate world that were let go about age 60. "We are going in a different direction". I have not seen that happen in government.
I have a buddy who is a hard worker but not the fastest. Working F500, he put in a crap ton of hours to keep up. He now works for a government agency and has been warned that his job is 40 hours and they do not want him working extra off the clock.
I think that, "we are in the weeds but I am going on break" leads to some of the "government employees are lazy" trope. But things like that are the law, if the government doesn't follow it how could they require everyone else?
Firing federal employees in what has been called eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse is bound to receive favorable public support from the body politic.
The question in my mind, however, is how much does the general public really know about these employees whom we call bureaucrats.
Many of us assume they are liberal Democrats living mostly in Washington D.C. who come to work each day to make sure the policies to make America great again by a Republican president are not executed.
For starters, it has been estimated most of the federal workers (62%) are Democrats but less than 20% live in D.C. Thus, they aren't all liberals living in D,C,
Furthermore, the total federal payroll is only 5% of the federal budget, so there isn't much to be gained in lowering costs by firing employees. Also some of the employees who are being targeted for firing have jobs which include eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.
Finally, the three departments which make up a large percentage of the employees (71%) are involved in defense and national security. Departments which a majority in both patties consider important.
Brilliant to screw with the IRS during tax season, wasn't it?
Come on. Shutting down the Voice of America?!!!? How is this good?
There is nothing wrong with Musk having any potential competitor's tax records, is there?
Shoot, ready, aim.
It’s all a cruel, inefficient, unproductive joke:
Social Security declared a man dead, they stop payments and claw back payments since his death. Of course he was alive.
He calls and makes an appointment a couple of weeks out. It gets rescheduled twice, decides to go to his local office
He says there are 50 people in line and 2 SSA workers which is better than it will be as that office is scheduled to be closed by DOGE. Finally though he gets his chance and clears it up.
As part of DOGE's closings, people in his area are probably lucky. Sone needing to see SSA in the White Plains district will have to travel 135 miles.
www.seattletimes.com
I guess it is true that one can eliminate the services government provides and make it cheaper. I mean the same is true in private sector, Musk could eliminate warranty work and save a ton of money. But then people have alternatives to buying a Tesla. What competitor do people on Social Security have to take their business to?
He calls and makes an appointment a couple of weeks out. It gets rescheduled twice, decides to go to his local office
He says there are 50 people in line and 2 SSA workers which is better than it will be as that office is scheduled to be closed by DOGE. Finally though he gets his chance and clears it up.
As part of DOGE's closings, people in his area are probably lucky. Sone needing to see SSA in the White Plains district will have to travel 135 miles.
I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
Gillibrand wants answers on planned closure of White Plains Social Security regional office
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants answers from the Social Security Administration on the planned closure of its regional hearing office in White Plains.
www.lohud.com
I guess it is true that one can eliminate the services government provides and make it cheaper. I mean the same is true in private sector, Musk could eliminate warranty work and save a ton of money. But then people have alternatives to buying a Tesla. What competitor do people on Social Security have to take their business to?
While poor performance is believable, it isn't implicit at all. Most would assume due to pandemic.
Not at all the same as being fired and having the reason being poor performance. And not at all fair to the employee if performance wasn't an actual issue
You need to work harder apparently. Mcmurt is beating you soundly
It seems that one of the goals is to make at least some of these critical agencies so inefficient that public support for privatization grows.Social Security declared a man dead, they stop payments and claw back payments since his death. Of course he was alive.
He calls and makes an appointment a couple of weeks out. It gets rescheduled twice, decides to go to his local office
He says there are 50 people in line and 2 SSA workers which is better than it will be as that office is scheduled to be closed by DOGE. Finally though he gets his chance and clears it up.
As part of DOGE's closings, people in his area are probably lucky. Sone needing to see SSA in the White Plains district will have to travel 135 miles.
I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
Gillibrand wants answers on planned closure of White Plains Social Security regional office
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants answers from the Social Security Administration on the planned closure of its regional hearing office in White Plains.www.lohud.com
I guess it is true that one can eliminate the services government provides and make it cheaper. I mean the same is true in private sector, Musk could eliminate warranty work and save a ton of money. But then people have alternatives to buying a Tesla. What competitor do people on Social Security have to take their business to?
Privatization, of course, prioritizes profits over the public welfare, and lends itself to corruption. While that prospect is troubling for many, it’s doubtful it bothers Trump/Musk.
The idea that the profit motive is driver of corruption rather than a barrier to it is belied by pretty much all mainstream economic thought.
There is a reason that Western capitalist societies are much less corrupt than their third world counterparts.
Poll: Voters like the idea of DOGE, but Elon Musk and his early results raise red flags
A majority of voters say they have negative views of Musk, and many are critical of the Department of Government Efficiency’s rapid work slashing the federal government.
www.nbcnews.com
There are many reasons but you don’t know them and they aren’t really related to this.
Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage
Civilians have sent their belongings overseas but are trapped at their duty stations.
www.defenseone.com
Says the guy who pretends to know something about everything but then it always turns into partisan hackery. Okay, fella.
Just to be clear, my daughter was scheduled to pay her own way for study abroad this summer, not getting a single penny of support.
Other students, however, were not in a position to do so, and they were scheduled to get at least partial support from the University. Some of that support was to come from federal funds which have been cut off, since she is at a University that has programs judged to be DEI programs.
What you are missing is that when the students who can't pay their own way have their program canceled, the fair thing for the University to do is to cancel the program for EVERYBODY, so that those who can't afford it are not singled out for the cancellation.
That's what has happened.
She's lucky. There are Fulbright Scholars abroad right now who had their support cancelled and that can't even afford a flight home.
Funding Freeze on Fulbright Scholarships Leaves Students in Travel Limbo
As a result of an extended freeze on grants for study abroad programs, some students told Skift that they are feeling stranded and confused.
skift.com
Thousands of international students in United States face uncertainty as scholarships halted - VnExpress International
Thousands of international students in the United States are facing uncertainty after the suspension of several prominent scholarship programs, including Fulbright, due to halted federal funding by the U.S. State Department.
e.vnexpress.net
Fulbright scholars funding cuts: 'We don't know what's coming next'
A federal funding slash has frozen programs like the Fulbright Program, leaving several international students at the University of Missouri without their grants.
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hush... you're interrupting his nuggets of wisdom that he is graciously sharing with us mere mortals.
