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I Had to Respond to an EMail

NewfieMom said:
Biden left the economy in great shape. Now jobs are becoming more scarce and prices are rising.
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Biden created gov jobs and used borrowed money to finance it.

Jobs are not becoming more scarce. Huge commitments to build domestically are on the rise. Employment opprotunities are on the rise.
 
NewfieMom said:
Nobody gave Musk any power. Trump needs him to pay off his debts so he is giving him power he has no right to.
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Trump gave him all the power he needs to accomplish the task he has generously volunteered to do.
 
NewfieMom said:
Yup. His project was cancelled by the government, so he latched onto Trump. Now he has a contract for Tesla trucks and God only knows how many other hidden contracts. We don't see them.

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There seems to be some dispute about this pledged contract for Tesla vehicles but if one had existed I'm pretty sure Trump canceled it when he announced an end to the EV mandate.

More importantly for the gov contracts that Elon has full filled, is it your position that he did not give the gov value for their purchases?

I was just thinking the other day about something in the news about the Biden administration spending $45B to bring internet to rural areas of the country but did not succeed in getting anyone conected.

I researched the claim and discovered the total spent on the project was actually $65B through multiple programs.

I can't help but to think that if Elon was given $45B to do it. He would have gotten the project done and made a tidy profit for himself. That isn't abusing tax money. That is good business.
 
NewfieMom said:
Thieves often "volunteer" to steal.
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What is it that you think he is stealing?

All he is doing, from what I can tell, is looking for imperfections in the system and offering solutions where he sees them.
 
Allan said:
And now that I got started - wtf is with firing people by email?

Terribly cruel way to handle an action that has a life changing impact on the terminated employee.
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Cowardice.
 
Cosmo said:
Why do so many people apparently find it "demeaning" to report on what they did?
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If you think that's the rub, then you're lost.

People know bullshit when they see it. Any weekly report like that typically goes to your immediate supervisor, not someone who hasn't ever seen you and never will see you.
 
trouble13 said:
So far they appear to be strengthening the economy. They are expanding the private sector workforce and shrinking the public sector simultaneously. That is economically healthy.
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Prepare for the a trump recession.
 
armycowboy said:
This week I had to respond to an email from Pete Hegseth, our Secretary of Defense. The email requested that I provide 5 bullet points about what I accomplished in my DOD civilian job last week.

I found this completely demeaning to everyone who is serving our country. I served this nation for over 20 years in the US Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant and I now work for the Department of Defense. Meanwhile, our Secretary of Defense never commanded a unit greater than a Company, but is serving as Trump and Musk's lap dog.

I realize that this is nothing but political theater, since many Trump supporters literally hate government workers, but the vast majority of government workers work hard and serve this nation, but also need their job to provide for themselves and their families. Pay for government workers is less than 3% of the budget. I really worry about these people, who are affected by this garbage.

Fortunately I don't need the job. I tried the retirement thing, but got bored and went back to work. So, in case anyone reads them, which I doubt, my 5 bullet comments were:

-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
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Good for you! Thank you for your service. Let us know how it goes.
 
Here's the thing that the dumbasses haven't figured out yet.

Tons of the responses to the email will never be read.

Assholes
 
CaughtInThe said:
I've known ArmyCowboy dating back to another message board. I'm sure it's been decades.

He and I have shared private messages about politics and sports and he's told me about his life and I've probably told him some about mine. He's an honorable and really good guy.

This MAGA political theatre pisses me off because it insults decent, hardworking people like him.
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I can second this, his only real fault is being an Army guy.

Go Navy!

WW
 
armycowboy said:
This week I had to respond to an email from Pete Hegseth, our Secretary of Defense. The email requested that I provide 5 bullet points about what I accomplished in my DOD civilian job last week.

I found this completely demeaning to everyone who is serving our country. I served this nation for over 20 years in the US Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant and I now work for the Department of Defense. Meanwhile, our Secretary of Defense never commanded a unit greater than a Company, but is serving as Trump and Musk's lap dog.

I realize that this is nothing but political theater, since many Trump supporters literally hate government workers, but the vast majority of government workers work hard and serve this nation, but also need their job to provide for themselves and their families. Pay for government workers is less than 3% of the budget. I really worry about these people, who are affected by this garbage.

Fortunately I don't need the job. I tried the retirement thing, but got bored and went back to work. So, in case anyone reads them, which I doubt, my 5 bullet comments were:

-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
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And good for you, thanks.
 
Allan said:
I've never worked in government but I've worked closely with all 3 levels of government in Canada, the US and China.

It mystifies me why government employees are regarded as less dedicated, hard working and effective as the private sector.

Government employees are just like the rest of us. They didn't suddenly all become sloths just because they work for a government department.
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Agreed but that is exactly the picture the GOP leadership is painting for their base and they are eating it up. Then again, who doesn't maga hate?
 
armycowboy said:
This week I had to respond to an email from Pete Hegseth, our Secretary of Defense. The email requested that I provide 5 bullet points about what I accomplished in my DOD civilian job last week.

I found this completely demeaning to everyone who is serving our country. I served this nation for over 20 years in the US Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant and I now work for the Department of Defense. Meanwhile, our Secretary of Defense never commanded a unit greater than a Company, but is serving as Trump and Musk's lap dog.

I realize that this is nothing but political theater, since many Trump supporters literally hate government workers, but the vast majority of government workers work hard and serve this nation, but also need their job to provide for themselves and their families. Pay for government workers is less than 3% of the budget. I really worry about these people, who are affected by this garbage.

Fortunately I don't need the job. I tried the retirement thing, but got bored and went back to work. So, in case anyone reads them, which I doubt, my 5 bullet comments were:

-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
-**** you
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You could have just used one line.

"Monday through Friday, Your Mom, twice on Wednesday."

WW
 
Cosmo said:
Why do so many people apparently find it "demeaning" to report on what they did? Pretty much every desk job I've ever had I've had to report on every minute I was at work. 30 minutes doing this, 1.5 hours doing that, etc... I've only ever worked in the private sector.
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Uh huh, tell us more.
 
CaughtInThe said:
Why would I want an ass whipping?
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I'll go and I don't make excuses for my golf game, I'm your everyday hacker who hasn't played in two years and I won't mind coming in third if you don't mind me not drinking and smoking instead.
 
Cosmo said:
It was part of a time tracking and project management program that kept track of notes and time spent on various projects company-wide. And it wasn't just me that had to do it! Do you really think management invested in such a system just to keep track of an incompetent worker?! What a bizarre perception you have of the private sector! It's downright dreamlike...

In the private sector, profitability is a thing, and management likes to be able to calculate that sort of thing. Have you ever worked in the private sector? Just curious. Sure sounds like you haven't since you seem to treat accountability as some sort of punishment rather than the standard.

Same thing here. Again treating accountability as some sort of punishment or reaction to incompetence. Also, how does one calculate "results" without being able to calculate time (and thus money) spent on said results? It was like that before I worked at the place and applied to everyone, even the bosses. I guess here is another person who never worked in the private sector...
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Sounds like they had a company full of incompetent workers.
 
trouble13 said:
We shall see but I don't think there will be one.
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Well if a trump political girlfriend like you says so then we should all ignore job losses and financial people.
 
Cultist try to play this off as "well the boss is just asking what you did", and of course that horse shyte.

Your bosses ALREADY know what you did last week, and the week before, and the week before.

I've worked public secter and private sector. My bosses and department heads alread knew what was going in and our productivity.

Weekly short meetings, round table discussions. Update on work projects, issues, stumbling blocks, improvements - always on the table.
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When I worked for Canon manufacturing in Virginia, this would have been like me getting an email from the CEO of 170,000 people for a personal response.

It wasn't about the CEO wanting the day-to-day tic-toc.

WW
 
Cosmo said:
Looks like the point is to expose useless, arrogant pricks on the government payroll.
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Assuming those people don't lie about what they do in the email response, yes?
 
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