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rodoheel said:
I have no problem with downsizing federal government office space. What I have a problem with is a blanket policy of forcing every government worker (or the vast majority of them) back into full-time, in-person work, which is expressly intended to make working for the government less attractive.
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People came into the office before Covid. It seems like more and more companies are starting to encourage returning to the office, with some being a little more forceful, and I'd bet a good portion of that is performance based. When we went to work from home during Covid, there was a big jump in terminations of people who simply didn't have the self control to focus and perform at an acceptable level at home.
 
ZenMode said:
People came into the office before Covid. It seems like more and more companies are starting to encourage returning to the office, with some being a little more forceful, and I'd bet a good portion of that is performance based. When we went to work from home during Covid, there was a big jump in terminations of people who simply didn't have the self control to focus and perform at an acceptable level at home.
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And people worked remotely far before then as well. Especially in federal agencies. Heck, Judge Ginsburg on the DC Circuit used to work from his mansion out in the countryside somewhere that his clerks called "Monticello 2.0." I never saw it, but anyway.

It's sort of bizarre to simultaneously claim:

1. Government workers are useless bureaucrats who add nothing; and
2. They have to be in the office so they can be more productive.

These things just don't go together. They are not strictly speaking 100% contradictory but let's just say there's a tension there.

Anyway, it's on brand for you to start warbling about what private companies do, without a) any recognition of how the federal government's operations are not like private companies, for many good reasons and b) any knowledge of what remote employees do and why they are remote.

My brother has worked for a defense contractor for two decades. He has usually worked remotely, because his job is actually split between three locations (and possibly a fourth, as he's had some Space Force work come into his portfolio, about which I know nothing of course because TS). Making him "come into the office" is ludicrous. And while his employer is a defense contractor, the federal government provides direct funding for his department and there are liaisons within the government who have similarly distributed work responsibilities, if not more distributed.
 


Czar for AI, Crypto, Tech bias and censorship?

Trump continues to be All-in on crypto. I think it is a good idea to have someone focused AI, but the bias and censorship bit seems like a very different mandate …
 
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Czar for AI, Crypto, Tech bias and censorship?

Trump continues to be All-in on crypto. I think it is a good idea to have someone focused AI, but the bias and censorship bit seems like a very different mandate …
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Sacks is a grade A egomaniac and asshole. I hope he finds government service humbling and painful.
 
Trump remains his own banding czar pitching overpriced stuff and weird memes.



 
It's so Trump to think that cryptocurrency is going to be an economic miracle.

Nothing is a better metaphor for Trumpism than an environmentally destructive system for generating fake money that is exceedingly prone to fraud, has no real utility other than lining the pockets of the billionaires who can move the market because most of the money in that space is "line goes up," and is ultimately worth zilch.
 
I wouldn't consider "host of Fox and Friends Weekend" is a "winner" career for someone with those degrees.

At least Gretchen Carlson (degree from Stanford IIRC) was the weekday host. That's what blows my mind about this guy. He's not just a talk show host. He's on the talk show host JV squad.
 
Ramrouser said:
Kelly Loeffler is a great choice to head the SBA.
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Because nothing says "I will champion small business" like marrying the billionaire CEO of a huge company and then spending her whole career in that huge company. She first was hired in "investor relations" and then the CEO of a subsidiary (note: most small businesses do not have subsidiaries).

I mean, I guess she's a better choice for that than Gaetz for DOJ, but it's not actually a good choice.
 
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