These actions are typical of corporate management. When have corporations given thoughtful consideration to it's employee's well being? It's about profit or the bottom line. Particularly with billionaires in charge.
Trump ran in order to stay out of jail. He is currently playing with house money and is following Project 2025 playbook between golf games. He wants to destroy the current government system. He outsourced the job to DOGE in order to say he had nothing to do with the dismantling Social Security and other agencies.
Staffing cuts is designed as misdirection to distract from Musk's goal which was to obtain access to government data in order to gain competitive advantage in the AI race with Grok. The firing of OIGs right out of the gate contradicts the assertion that fraud and improper payments were anything more than a ruse, and DOGE immediately went for data everywhere. Staffing cuts and fear about privatization or collapse was designed to distract or overwhelm media coverage from what actually happened with the data.
I completely agree....however, the American people know, or at least the majority, what he is doing to say "I didn't do it! DOGE did it!" That's a typical school yard bully for ya. We the People are not as dumb as what he thinks.
It'll come out....all in good time. Midterm elections should be interesting....hopefully his growing list of foe's hobble him on both sides of the aisle, whether it be impeachment (again, yes, I know), or just making him a lame-duck.
What kind of profit is the Social Security making? They’re in the business of serving the public and its costs are significantly minimal. You are right about the billionaires “in charge” and what they see, which over 2 TRILLION dollars. Keeping the American people ignorant is their goal and no one will do anything until their own or their love ones money stops coming.
They don't care. This has been a big ole horrid mess. They could have downsized in a more orderly, fair fashion but it is clear they are going after any agency or program that is too liberal for their liking, not even caring about their own constituents, who are impacted a great deal too. This has been an eye opener for their base, who asked for this.
They think that through technology improvements and “getting more out of” the employees who are left, they can improve service. That is pretty much what Bisignano said at his confirmation hearing.
I think they view SSA as overstaffed in certain areas. They are right sizing the staffing allocations. Getting the people to the front lines where they should be. And less in the support and admin roles.
The only answer is they think government is bloated. In some agencies and at many corporations, it is. Social Security generally is not. They waste some resources like O'Malley's videos and the Office of Transformation, but most are honest people doing honest work. SSA does blow a lot of money on computer systems and pet projects, but that is not the workers' fault.
@9:29 agency components including OGC were briefed on RIFs coming. This was on Thursday after Dudek sent an agency-wide email about the "final" offer for reassignment.
That's great to get people to the front lines but currently it's just a few select metro areas. The rest of the country is still starving in the field. We need hires.
I think you are correct about what Musk wants to get out of this. The fate of Social Security is not important to him. The fact that his actions are also weakening the public's support for Social Security and perhaps leading to privatization plays into what Republicans want.
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These actions are typical of corporate management. When have corporations given thoughtful consideration to it's employee's well being? It's about profit or the bottom line. Particularly with billionaires in charge.
Trump ran in order to stay out of jail. He is currently playing with house money and is following Project 2025 playbook between golf games. He wants to destroy the current government system. He outsourced the job to DOGE in order to say he had nothing to do with the dismantling Social Security and other agencies.
Staffing cuts is designed as misdirection to distract from Musk's goal which was to obtain access to government data in order to gain competitive advantage in the AI race with Grok. The firing of OIGs right out of the gate contradicts the assertion that fraud and improper payments were anything more than a ruse, and DOGE immediately went for data everywhere. Staffing cuts and fear about privatization or collapse was designed to distract or overwhelm media coverage from what actually happened with the data.
I completely agree....however, the American people know, or at least the majority, what he is doing to say "I didn't do it! DOGE did it!" That's a typical school yard bully for ya. We the People are not as dumb as what he thinks.
It'll come out....all in good time. Midterm elections should be interesting....hopefully his growing list of foe's hobble him on both sides of the aisle, whether it be impeachment (again, yes, I know), or just making him a lame-duck.
What kind of profit is the Social Security making? They’re in the business of serving the public and its costs are significantly minimal. You are right about the billionaires “in charge” and what they see, which over 2 TRILLION dollars. Keeping the American people ignorant is their goal and no one will do anything until their own or their love ones money stops coming.
They don't care. This has been a big ole horrid mess. They could have downsized in a more orderly, fair fashion but it is clear they are going after any agency or program that is too liberal for their liking, not even caring about their own constituents, who are impacted a great deal too. This has been an eye opener for their base, who asked for this.
They think that through technology improvements and “getting more out of” the employees who are left, they can improve service. That is pretty much what Bisignano said at his confirmation hearing.
I agree with this comment.
I meant DOGE actions are "typical corporate thinking".
Not thinking about human cost.
Problem has always been applying business strategy to the government.
I think they view SSA as overstaffed in certain areas. They are right sizing the staffing allocations. Getting the people to the front lines where they should be. And less in the support and admin roles.
Big RIFs coming this week with regional offices, headquarters, policy, OGC and many more as targets. Stay safe out there.
The only answer is they think government is bloated. In some agencies and at many corporations, it is. Social Security generally is not. They waste some resources like O'Malley's videos and the Office of Transformation, but most are honest people doing honest work. SSA does blow a lot of money on computer systems and pet projects, but that is not the workers' fault.
@8:55 do you have any source for that besides the WaPo article? That’s a big claim.
@9:29 agency components including OGC were briefed on RIFs coming. This was on Thursday after Dudek sent an agency-wide email about the "final" offer for reassignment.
@11:12 the rumors were OIC and OGC….are they just doing away with regional offices? Curious if my firms fees will ever get processed if they do.
That's great to get people to the front lines but currently it's just a few select metro areas. The rest of the country is still starving in the field. We need hires.
@9:29 I knew about OGC and OCIO but the HQ and RO RIFs were new to me.
I think you are correct about what Musk wants to get out of this. The fate of Social Security is not important to him. The fact that his actions are also weakening the public's support for Social Security and perhaps leading to privatization plays into what Republicans want.
49% of the electorate is just dumb enough.
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