Given the bloat and how many extremely hard it is to fire civil servants in the US I think the buyout offer was a great idea. I’m happy to see people have taken it and progress has been made.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 6 Feb
And this, despite the unions spreading misinformation about what has been offered and what guarantees have been made.
At the outset, I thought they should do severance offers as a last resort, after instituting return to work or rescinding locality pay. However, seeing how this is playing out, I think this was the more ingenious order of operations: they created a bunch of uncertainty about people's future employment situations and then offered them an offramp.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Feb
It does blow my mind that unions are arguing for people who don’t want to be there to stay and risk it all. I mean jeez forcing people to work a job they hate is a WILD move
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Btcstacker 7 Feb
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/06/deadline-for-trumps-federal-buyout-offer-extended-by-court-as-over-40000-staff-agree-to-leave-heres-what-to-know/
“NPR reported. The draft contract sent to Environmental Protection Agency employees also acknowledges that the pay guarantee through Sept. 30 is “subject to the availability of appropriations” dictated by Congress, which must approve a new budget by the time the current one expires on March 14.”
Risky with no guarantee on the deal.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 6 Feb
Forward! Keep driving positive change
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 6 Feb
Might cost a little more up front but drives down the long term cost!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 6 Feb
lol tip the bandaid off!
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