Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers

[SeaMajor7]

The degree of entitlement is surreal, isn’t it?

(Also, bet you didn’t know that govt workers are paid a stipend for commuting on the Metro.)

It's nuts. I just drove in the pouring rain in the dark to get to work.
Like everyone else.
The hubris and entitlement from these lazy feds is ridiculous.

 

[Lisa558]

Lisa is all about others losing things that they have earned. Because she doesn't ever believe that they've truly earned those things, determined from what she regularly posts.

This has nothing to do with what people have “earned”. The govt is overstaffed and is operating in the red. We need to downsize.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Welcome to the real world. You are expecting people who have to commute to work continue to go pay the salaries of those who refuse to - AND when the government needs to right-size.

The telecommuting scam is about to end. if Government workers require to show up to work refuse to, they are welcome to find a job that allows them to work from home four days a week, doing half-time jobs for full-time salaries.

Unless you live in the DC area, you have no clue as to how Governmwnt workers have been scamming the taxpayers for years.

lisa believe it or not...many govt workers take their job as seriously as the rest of the workers do,and are not scamming anyone....

 

[Lisa558]

It's nuts. I just drove in the pouring rain in the dark to get to work.
Like everyone else.
The hubris and entitlement from these lazy feds is ridiculous.

You won’t believe what’s been going on around here. I know a government worker in her 60s, who gets to “work from home” four days a week - while doing an unbelievable amount of personal traveling - who tried to get the one day a week turned into another telecommuting day because, she told me, it would free her up more.

The reason she gave for her request? She was older and commuting was too physically difficult.

(She was turned down.)

 

[Lisa558]

lisa believe it or not...many govt workers take their job as seriously as the rest of the workers do,and are not scamming anyone....

And many ARE.

 

[Lisa558]

That's not how it works, if they are attempting to scare people into quitting, those works may panic and then end up losing many of the benefits that come with a RIF (reduction in [work]force), such as unemployment benefits and severance.

So the person just has to refuse to come into the office, like the vast majority of people do in private industry, and they will be fired. Problem solved.

 

[JoeB131]

I leave the USPS out of the equation, they aren't part of the budget.

There is plenty of fat and replication in the rest of Gov't, the GAO identifies it every year. All that's needed is the will to address it.

The DOGE looks like another "blue ribbon commission" to me, I will be shocked if they can get anything adopted.

Well, at least you are honest. But of course, Trump will announce success and most of your cultists will believe him.

For every government worker who actually produces a work product, there are at least a dozen who either actively make his job harder, or ride his coattails. I’ve said for decades that government managers should be awarded a small percentage of any savings they can make in their budgets WITHOUT reducing the productivity of his/her work group. I’d bet that government spending could be cut fifty percent the first year without affecting productivity at all,

Yes, yes, we have been hearing this shit from you guys for decades, how the government workers are all lazy because they kept their union protections while most of the rest of us lost them. We were stupid for giving those away to start with. It's like an arsonist burns down your house, and instead of wanting the arsonist punished, you want him to burn down your neighbor's house as well.

 

[JoeB131]

Thank goodness. I don't go to the hospital for 18th century medicine, I don't go to a restaurant for 18th Century food sanitation...

And we don't live in the 18th Century. If any of that shit happened today they would be roasted in the media and social networks and wouldn't last a week. We don't need the nanny state garbage you loons love so much anymore.

Then why do you guys want 18th Century government?

Frankly, I like the Nanny state. I like that when I'm too old to work, I will get social security. I like that the FDA keeps my food from being poisoned. I like that my mail is delivered on time.

 

[JoeB131]

Lisa is all about others losing things that they have earned. Because she doesn't ever believe that they've truly earned those things, determined from what she regularly posts.

Lisa is a big ball of entitlement. Her last job was at a private school, and she was VERY UPSET that they were allowing minorities in who weren't worthy in her opinion.

There was probably a big celebration in her office the day she quit.

 

[JoeB131]

1) I am retired.

2) What your private employer does is no business of the taxpayer.

3) The reason government employers “get their work done” in three hours a day (while being paid for eight) is becsuse there is so little work assigned to them to begin with, and that is because the government is so overstuffed that there isn’t enough work to go around.

4) I live 30 minutes from DC, and government workers here have gone on ski trips, to visit family for a week, on international vacations - ALL WHILE THE TAXPAYERS CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR SALARIES. They are at restaurants for two-hour lunches, at the swimming pool, taking tennis lessons, or doing grocery shopping. These are all real-world examples.

Oh, noes, how dare they!!! We all need to work ourselves into early graves to make the rich richer!!!

Envy is a sin, Lisa.

 

[Independent thinker]

Well, it was a stupid point.

The fact is we have just as many Federal employees in 2024 as we did in 1960, when government was a lot bigger and the country had a lot less people.



So the only way you get to a big number is if you count people who shouldn't be counted. Got it.

Not sure how you can slash the contractors, military personnel or USPS, those groups are working close to the bone now.



Thank goodness. I don't go to the hospital for 18th century medicine, I don't go to a restaurant for 18th Century food sanitation...

Who cares? Chop chop chop.

 

[JoeB131]

You won’t believe what’s been going on around here. I know a government worker in her 60s, who gets to “work from home” four days a week - while doing an unbelievable amount of personal traveling - who tried to get the one day a week turned into another telecommuting day because, she told me, it would free her up more.

The reason she gave for her request? She was older and commuting was too physically difficult.

(She was turned down.)

If she was still getting the work done, I'm not seeing the problem.

Look, here's what really upset people like you. Government workers have protections through their union contracts that most of us don't have due to 40 years of Union-busting, right to work, at will employment bullshit.

 

[JoeB131]

Who cares? Chop chop chop.

Sorry, man, I like having effective government services.

I'm not sure why you don't. Probably because you've been brainwashed by rich people to think that sheepdog is holding you back, and you really need to let the wolf run wild.

 

[Lisa558]

Lisa is a big ball of entitlement. Her last job was at a private school, and she was VERY UPSET that they were allowing minorities in who weren't worthy in her opinion.

There was probably a big celebration in her office the day she quit.

1) I was upset that they were rejecting much better qualified whites in order to accept minorities with lesser qualifications, I don’t believe in making racist decisions, and apparently the SCOTUS AGREES with me.

2) Affirmative Action and DEI are dead. No more of this “white people need not apply” nonsense.

3) Joe is a raging antisemite who accuses other people of bigotry.

 

[JoeB131]

1) Newvine resent Jews.

2) This has nothing to do with what people have “earned”. The govt is overstaffed and is operating in the red. We need to downsize.

The government has the same staffing levels it had in the 1950's, when we only had half as many people.

The reason we operate "in the red" is because we don't make the rich pay their fair share. We want government to do all this stuff for us, we just don't want to pay for it.

Why you think that would work better with less employees is mind-boggling.

 

[Lisa558]

Oh, noes, how dare they!!! We all need to work ourselves into early graves to make the rich richer!!!

Envy is a sin, Lisa.

^^^ inane response

And since when is having to go to the office “working ourselves into an early grave”?

You antisemitic liberals are crazy. Thank Gd Trump won.

 

[Independent thinker]

That's not how it works, if they are attempting to scare people into quitting, those works may panic and then end up losing many of the benefits that come with a RIF (reduction in [work]force), such as unemployment benefits and severance.

I don’t care. They have stolen from taxpayers like me long enough.

 

[Independent thinker]

Sorry, man, I like having effective government services.

I'm not sure why you don't. Probably because you've been brainwashed by rich people to think that sheepdog is holding you back, and you really need to let the wolf run wild.

They have stolen my tax dollars long enough. The party’s over.

 

[JoeB131]

1) I was upset that they were rejecting much better qualified whites in order to accept minorities with lesser qualifications, I don’t believe in making racist decisions, and apparently the SCOTUS AGREES with me.

2) Affirmative Action and DEI are dead. No more of this “white people need not apply” nonsense.

3) Joe is a raging antisemite who accuses other people of bigotry.

1) Why did you care? It wasn't like your kids were going there. It wasn't like the rich kids who didn't make the cut didn't have other options.

2) Sorry, they'll keep doing it because it's good business to be diverse.

3) Your religion is a choice. You can stop being a Jew tomorrow if you wanted to. A black person can't stop being black.

 

[JoeB131]

I don’t care. They have stolen from taxpayers like me long enough.

They have stolen my tax dollars long enough. The party’s over.

I doubt you pay more taxes than you get in lifetime benefits.