• @StayDoomed@lemmy.world
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    They are going to be stuck rehiring people that resign as consultants because they won’t have the people to run the legally required programs in place.

    It will end up costing more money for the government.

    I have little hope that the people that actually vote will even remember how fucked all this is two years from now.

    • @sprack@lemmy.world
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      They’ll require that consultants are hired through a company owned by a Trump subsidiary and pocket a percentage of the pay.

    • Chris
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      I dunno, how does 8 months pay sound more appealing than a pension?

      • JollyBrancher
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        Most federal civilian employees are now on a 401(k) equivalent. Air Traffic likes to mention how they are one of the ones left with a pension, but clearly, nothing is guaranteed.

      • dohpaz42
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        72 months ago

        I’m pretty sure the idea is to get rid of dissenters in an easy and legal way, while keeping those like-minded individuals who will toe the line.

        I think the idea is to scare dissenters into quitting, because otherwise their position may get downsized otherwise and they lose out on any benefits and pension.

      • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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        Just think of how you could retire if you put all of that into Trump and Malania coins. Heck, maybe even a Baron coin!

    • @aaron@lemm.ee
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      Lol, “rehiring”. What if I told you that he doesn’t intend to replace them?

    • @The_v@lemmy.world
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      If they toss in health insurance for a they will get some people resigning. Those that were planning on retiring in less than 8 months.

      Resign now and get 8 months of pay or retire in 4 months and get 4 months of pay… Hmmmmm…

      • @WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world
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        The official email reads more as you keep doing your job as you have been through the end of the fiscal year and you can resign. We won’t fire you before that. If you don’t voluntarily resign we might fire you before that. Isn’t a guaranteed 8 months of work better than being fired in three months.

  • Alas Poor Erinaceus
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    Putin’s (very) useful idiot is now in the process of completing his work destroying the US federal government. Hope state governments can pick up the slack, because they’ll have to.

    EDIT: And, surprise! Red states are more dependent on federal funding than blue states are.

  • @DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world
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    I’m guessing most Federal workers aren’t stupid enough to believe Trump would actually pay the buyout amount. Especially after Presidential “advisor” Elon failed to pay Twitter severance.

  • Bakkoda
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    542 months ago

    It’s a good thing this guy always pays his debts otherwise some might think this is a dirt trick.

  • circuitfarmer
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    402 months ago

    Fuck up the system enough to make it fail.

    Reinstall what you need with only Party loyalists.

    Now you control the system.

  • @nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Important information sharing from https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12627783 !

    Someone on reddit pointed out there’s an OPM rule that makes max payout at something like $25k. Let me go dig it up real quick.

    Because that means a lot of people wouldn’t get paid the full amount and Trump is absolutely the kind of person who would use shit like that as an excuse to not keep paying out. I wouldn’t trust this deal because based on stuff like this it doesn’t pass the sniff test.

    Apologies for (slight retch) a reddit link:

    https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1ice9ml/trump_administration_offering_buyouts_to_nearly/m9pya4z/

    zedextol:

    Per OPM, the federal government can’t legally pay more than $25k, pre-tax. This is another scam. Trump is the literal master of grift. You think he’s gonna make good on this debt after years of not paying his bills?

    Edit: Source below

    https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/voluntary-separation-incentive-payments/

  • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    This is going to save so much money guys. Nevermind that they’ll likely end up rehiring most of these folks at higher rates when they realize they don’t know the code for the fax machine.

    • @azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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      Says who? Under the US legal system, anything is legal if the SCOTUS agrees with it. If Trump declared himself Führer tomorrow they’d validate that as constitutional. At this point suing the US government for its blatantly unconstitutional acts is merely a delaying tactic.

      Americans must stop twiddling their thumbs while expecting Trump’s DoJ/SCOTUS/congress to work for the American people and start resisting because the key institutions have already fallen to fascism.

      • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        I mean it’s a somewhat rhetorical question. I think the extant legal doctrine the US exists under is effectively “whatever power decides” is legal.

        • @azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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          “whatever power decides” is legal

          Not true. When Biden decided to cancel student debt, the court system said “no”. The SCOTUS isn’t subservient to “power” in general, it’s subservient to powerful fascists. Big difference. Trump has spent a decade following the Nazi playbook and acquiring complete personal control over all branches of government and people don’t seem to have fully realized that yet. That’s why things are way worse this time around. When he started his first term the SCOTUS was conservative and corrupt but not yet fascist. This time it’s fully loyalist. In case you forgot, he also had already placed a bunch of loyalists in key judicial roles that Biden didn’t fire.

          He’s made sure the law won’t stop him, and now he’s purging his enemies to make sure the institutions won’t resist his unlawful orders. It’s not a “both sides” issue, it’s not even just a “the rich are winning” issue. They might get the green light to deport every union leader, but they’ll be ruling over a kingdom of ashes and blood by the time this is over. Assuming the billionaires aren’t caught up in the purge; plenty of that in autocratic regimes, oligarchs infighting is a great way to ensure loyalty because that makes them incapable of organizing to stage a coup.

  • @Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s not actually a buyout. It’s a promise to pay them exactly how much they would make to work for 6 more months and then quit. But they can’t quit before then. Also they need to let them know by next week. Also also, there will be no additional severance pay.

  • @Spazz@lemmynsfw.com
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    112 months ago

    Break it, then claim it’s not working and only you can fix it, straight out of the fascist playbook

      • @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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        92 months ago

        Anyone with a conscience is going to be purged anyway. Either that, or they’ll be asked to do unforgiveable things. Better to just take the cash and leave with your soul intact.

        • @blakenong@lemmings.world
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          It’s not going to be much cash. Certainly not enough to escape. And, souls don’t remain intact when you sell out to the devil.

          • Nougat
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            22 months ago

            Article says eight months’ severance. That ain’t bad.

            • aramis87
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              102 months ago

              For people who didn’t have their time in, eight months’ pay isn’t worth giving up a government pension.

            • @blakenong@lemmings.world
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              42 months ago

              It will take them at least 6 to find a new job in this market. That is if they find one at all once that H-1B nonsense kicks in and everyone is replaced.

              The news complains about a labor shortage, meanwhile employers lower wages as prices and rent skyrocket. The shortage is people taking jobs that make less than rent.

              With no one fighting, it’s just going to happen

                • @Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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                  “Internet commenter decides to pull an ad hominem because they dislike what you’re saying but want to performatively demonstrate their lack of respect by talking past the content of what you are saying”

            • @WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world
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              No, it says you’ll keep getting paid for 8 months at your current rate. Not that you will get the money right now. You still have to work but hey we promise not to fire you for 8 months and let you still telework for those months. If you got the whole money up front they wouldn’t have the clause about resigning with an earlier end date

      • @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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        52 months ago

        Sometimes when things are going to go bad no matter what happens, it’s better to just speed it up rather than draw it out.

            • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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              It’s not malicious compliance when you’re helping the bad guys achieve their goal of destroying the federal government.

              That’s being a willing accomplice.

              • Nougat
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                Leaving en masse would destroy the federal government quickly. Staying and continuing to work for this administration will destroy the federal government slowly less quickly.

                It’s just a matter of whether you want to be complicit in opposition to fascism or complicit in cooperation with fascism.

                • @blakenong@lemmings.world
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                  Leaving the system means no one is in the system to report on what is going on in the system. Accelerationism won’t end how those people think it will. It’s just 100 years of Nazis until the world collapses in on itself and humanity is endangered or extinct.

            • @Sc00ter@lemm.ee
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              Im all for malicious compliance, when it makes sense.

              Our company tried to cut our house keeping services, and told us we needed to empty trash cans ourself. You bet your sweet ass i made sure everyone charged their engineering charges to “house keeping” for those few minutes. We got house keeping back in about 2 months

          • @P00ptart@lemmy.world
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            Not entirely. If you drag it out, they get to have everything they want while crushing all people below them in a slow steamroller death. If you completely crash the system, everyone is on more or less equal footing for the first time in this country’s history.

              • WatDabney
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                Yes.

                And some people recognize that it’s not a matter of if the world burns, but merely of when, and believe that sooner is less bad than later.

  • This kind of stupid blanket approach tells you that we have idiots running this country who have no idea what these workers are actually doing, nor what the impact will be of them resigning on the well being and national security of the country.

  • @quafeinum@lemmy.world
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    Is this president wankpanzer firing people that he will regret to have fired and then rehire them again, again?!