Summary
Trump reversed his directive to fire thousands of probationary (newly-hired) federal employees after a judge ruled the mass terminations were likely illegal.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) clarified that agencies are not required to comply with previous instructions to fire employees who have held their jobs for a year or less. Instead, agencies have until September 13 to develop their own staffing reduction plans.
Some agencies, like the National Science Foundation (NSF), are now rehiring previously fired employees.
Federal labor unions have sued, arguing the firings violated procedural rules and congressional authority. The administration’s sudden reversal still leaves uncertainty about affected workers’ status.
Imagine the loss in productivity from having so many people fired & quickly re-hired. Not just from those people; but the HR & administrative effort; the re-org of responsibilities among the other employees; and the nonsense time it probably took up in so many “mandatory departmental meetings” discussing what was happening…
No doubt. I recently left corporate America (giant global orgs) after almost 30 years. I was involved in these bullshit fire drills with increasing frequency through most of my career. Without fail, they provide short term illusion of savings at the expense of higher long term costs and pain. These people always forget that a lot of smart people put a lot of effort into the existing systems, orgs, etc.
the top level doesn’t care. our suffering is their joy. they know they must be rich because they are insulated from the problems they cause us
yes, that is why we need to remember that billions of lambs can easily take on millions of lions. our problem continues to be lambs that want to fight lambs in the hope that they may someday join the lions. so, we all continue to be hunted.
Not to mention every ladder-climbing prick who changes positions in those orgs’ mid to upper levels has to make some big splash in their new role, so they can scheme their way to the next one. AKA each of these decision-making dickheads are incentivized to blow shit up with each new role, and with the express intention of not being there when the chickens come to roost. Seen it quite often, firsthand.
Such an idiotic way to run the biggest coordinations of human effort on the planet, but HEY what the fuck do I know? Stolid, predictable leadership with a commitment to improving outcomes for all stakeholders? Wouldn’t that mean shareholders would do a little less well? Those gaudy yachts and mansions don’t buy themselves…
Don’t get me started LOL! Yeah, let alone all of the mental health issues caused by the continued uncertainty. I estimated my last company lost almost 10,000 YEARS of IT/company experience in just TWO years of such churn with new leaders brought in from the outside.
I swear CRPGs need to be made mandatory for corporate leadership. You will respect the long term 0.05 increase to damage every level you motherfuckers.
Joking aside I do think there should be a dedicated gremlin who’s job is to beat corporate dipshits with a stick everytime they try to pull short term fuckery. Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was built in generations and what do ya know it lasted over two thousand fucking years.
That sounds super inefficient. Someone should create a taskforce to look into that inefficiency.
So… funny story (well not funny, horrible).
So a friend of mine recently (within the past 3 years) was motivated to go back to school and get their degree in conservation biology. They had been a chef for a while and were sick of it. I pushed them to quit their job and get back into it, and they did.
They ended up getting an internship with a federal department, and are still technically a probationary employee (not career or term). They are still in school but the work was what they wanted to be doing, so they went for it.
So it turns out, almost all the career and term staff have now been let go. But they, as a probationary employee, are still there. Like somehow they were missed or forgotten. So now, somehow, they are in charge or at least responsible… for almost everything?
Its the smokey the bear meme about “only you; no seriously its just you now” in real life.
So it turns out, almost all the career and term staff have now been let go. But they, as a probationary employee, are still there. Like somehow they were missed or forgotten. So now, somehow, they are in charge or at least responsible… for almost everything?
His last co-worker as they walked out the door:
Jesus Christ what a fucken shitshow
I guess he’s finally running the country like a Trump business, I just don’t get why the yukyuks think it’s a good idea
legitimately the apprentice convinced them he’s a business genius even though that was all manufactured, and the true trump is a nepobaby shitstain who can’t outperform an index fund. he’s always gambling, always losing, and always having someone bail him out. first it was daddy, then the bank, then the mob, then the russian federation, and now it’s us, the poor
I never understood why people liked that (shit) show. I tried watching it once and couldn’t stand listening to his fucking stupidity.
I grew up watching it. In the era of linear TV, even with cable we had maaaybe 2 or 3 other legitimate options for family TV time on that night, at that time. It was non-offensive (funny saying that about Trump now), family friendly, reality TV. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it was well produced, and mindlessly entertaining.
Now, at the same time, while I understand for many people, “the apprentice convinced them he’s a business genius,” that’s SOOO frustrating. I completely agree with you about “his fucking stupidity.” I think the first few seasons, they cut it well to make him appear intelligent. However, as the show went on, I suspect he wanted more and more screen time, and that distracted from the actual show and that’s when we started to notice “his fucking stupidity” showing.
The only one I watched was the one with Gene Simmons. The “goal” was to make I think like $5000 by running a hotdog stand. So Gene, a real businessman, sold one hotdog with his signature to a fan. At the end of the episode Trump fired him. Because of some bullshit reason. I think it was because Trump didn’t like that Gene was more popular than he was and knew how to do marketing.
The uncertainty is by Design
