The Trump Administration

[urfan1]

Actually, the great corporations grow without adding overhead. They take advantage of advancing technologies and challenge the norm of always doing things the way they've always been done.

So "great corporations" don't ever grow their workforce?

 

[Section 204and5]

The federal government has been doing more with less people as individual productivity has surged. I'm trying to figure out where all the bloat is as we have fewer feds with a much larger population to serve. And indiscriminately firing people makes zero sense,

 

[whampas]

So "great corporations" don't ever grow their workforce?

Sure they do. Nothing is absolute.

 

[whampas]

Are you counting on Trump and Musk to take advantage of advancing technologies to take the place of the agencies and departments they are destroying? Don't hold your breath.

I'm personally not counting on anything. Just making a point that adding people to the equation isn't always the answer.

 

[Spiderwiz]

Are federal workers lazy? Let’s look at the data.​

https://wapo.st/3DhGATQ

I am sure there will be legit criticisms to this but it is a good nuanced look at the federal workforce.

 

[Spiders4ever]

Kash pushing back on Elon.

Nice.

 

[Gallipoli]

So "great corporations" don't ever grow their workforce?

Umm, he didn't say workforce, he said overhead. Those are two entirely different concepts. Yes a firm can grow without increasing its overhead. Most firms want to control their SG&A. The Federal Government has no qualms about hiring. Government spending pushes out private investment.

 

[urfan1]

Umm, he didn't say workforce, he said overhead. Those are two entirely different concepts. Yes a firm can grow without increasing its overhead. Most firms want to control their SG&A. The Federal Government has no qualms about hiring. Government spending pushes out private investment.

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[KE Spider]

See Starbucks laying off 1,100 employees. Thought they were like government jobs, guaranteed for life.

 

[Eight Legger]

Trump has now hired 20 former Fox News employees to leadership positions. That's a network that admitted in court that its shows are merely entertainment and not designed to be news (although of course they are promoted as factual news programs) and that paid a $787 million settlement for knowingly broadcasting and amplifying lies about the 2020 election. But of course it's the NY Times, Washington Post and Associated Press that we should be worried about, according to Trump's minions.

Insanity and stupidity on repeat.

 

[Wood Hall]

See Starbucks laying off 1,100 employees. Thought they were like government jobs, guaranteed for life.

Starbucks has competition. Its share of the retail market rises and falls, and its employment numbers adjust accordingly. If Dunkin' is taking away a share of its business, it doesn't need as many employees.

Who competes with the DoD? Who competes with the DOT? Who competes with HUD? Who competes with the Department of the Interior? Who competes with the IRS? Nobody.

All government employees have probationary periods to determine if they can do their jobs. No one is guaranteed a job for life.

How many thousands of Pentagon workers will be fired for no reason, other than Fatso flexing his muscles? Do you think the Pentagon's workload or responsibilities will decrease when thousands of employees are fired? No, they'll have just as much work, just fewer people to do it. And military personnel will have to fill these civilian jobs, taking them off the line.

Same with the IRS. There will be just as many tax returns to process this year as last year, probably more since employment was so high under Biden. Now there will be thousands fewer people to process those returns, to answer questions, to check for mistakes, hidden refunds, or fraud. And your return might get delayed.

Oh, and nice to see we're voting on the same side as North Korea and Russia at the United Nations. What a great peer group.

 

[Eight Legger]

Hey now, there are many fine people on both sides...