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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRFK Jr. rescinds Indian Health Service layoffs
I don't know if this means Kennedy is going to be in big trouble with Elon for unfiring his firings or if this is with the Trump admin blessing- but what this does illustrate once again is that these mass, unprecedented, illegal firings don't just hurt the individuals fired.... they are hurting all Americans. We will see a trickling out of exactly how *we* are all impacted in coming weeks and months and we will see a rush to plug the dam as this happens.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-rescinds-indian-health-034102132.html
The layoff orders for IHS were rescinded about 6 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Feb. 14, and the official email notifications of the layoffs were never sent to the probationary employees who expected to receive them, sources said.
Acting IHS Director Ben Smith said on an emotional phone call Friday afternoon that the 950 employees would receive the layoff notices from the Office of Personnel Management immediately, according to sources who heard the call.
The call left a number of employees in tears, and Smith emphasized that the layoffs were troubling news for all employees.
After news arrived a few hours later that the layoffs had been rescinded, supervisors began notifying the targeted employees that they had been given a reprieve.
dalton99a
(92,070 posts)Bengus81
(9,805 posts)Get your popcorn,let's see how this plays out......
Iris
(16,843 posts)Hugin
(37,418 posts)( Fuck Layoffs they are ILLEGAL FIRINGS OR TERMINATIONS. ) Firings reinstated.
The retractions are bogus, because Musk is really running the show. These people like RFK jr are just faces to take the flack.
mdbl
(8,105 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)what we are witnessing is complete ANARCHY in our Federal Government.............with each psychopath narcissist fighting all out for themselves on a total power tripping manic level...........
And Putin is sitting in a room, with direct feeds from Fox, CNN, Network news and RW Cable, and watching ecstatically at everything he is witnessing. Knowing HE was/is the orchestrator of it all........
Ocelot II
(129,012 posts)Dave says
(5,318 posts)MissB
(16,340 posts)Its really the way to ruin a government.
I get that the idiots in charge want a smaller government but its virtually impossible to do that and still maintain a country.
Theyre not smart enough to thread the needle.
Governments require a combination of trust and fear to operate effectively. To have both, you have to have competence. At this point, there is no trust nor competence. The fear factor is the only thing keeping it alive, but that will be knee-capped by their stupidity to the point where their threats become a running joke.
LiberalArkie
(19,275 posts)But please everyone....... REALIZE they don't WANT to maintain the country........More importantly, the Republican Party, is being directed by our #1 Enemy to Destroy the Country, not maintain it.................
The only thing Holding Russia/Putin, and China back from WORLD DOMINATION, is the United States................And believe me, China is all in on helping him.
Ocelot II
(129,012 posts)Those feckless pimply teenaged Muskenjugend see numbers on a spreadsheet and decide to just lop off the bottom of the list, having no clue what any of it means; then when it turns out to have been a monumentally stupid move they have to undo it - like when they fired the staff at the National Nuclear Security Administration without knowing what they do, which is oversee the safety of nuclear weapons. And then when they realized that was a big fuckup they tried to unfire them but couldn't find them! Then they sacked 950 health care providers for Native Americans - again, clearly not understanding what those employees do, and even Brainworm Bobby understood what a fucking disaster that was.
The Madcap
(1,746 posts)People who likely have clearances and knowledge that certain countries would gladly pay for. Hopefully, the integrity of those fired will keep that info from getting sold...unlike those boxes at maralardo.
Wingus Dingus
(9,173 posts)not understanding how hospitals, health clinics, laboratories, imaging, pharmacies, etc. work. Because they are stupid, stupid fucks who don't know what they're doing--just like with firing nuclear staffers.
Donkees
(33,399 posts)Wingus Dingus
(9,173 posts)riversedge
(79,347 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)a bunch of monkeys, in a room with baskets full of hand grenades......
CanonRay
(15,942 posts)It's all just incoherent.
peggysue2
(12,379 posts)To leave people in a heightened state of anxiety and confusion with little energy and focus to pushback en masse. These goons want the population stunned and off-balance for as long as possible as they loosen and tear the threads of our civic society. The more damage they cause, the better for the completion of their anti-democratic 'reforms'.
As for the pain inflicted? That's purposeful, the definition of power from our new wanna-be overlords.
It's diabolical, effective.
Never forget, never forgive!
dalton99a
(92,070 posts)Ken Mosul
(45 posts)He'll make plenty of outrageous decisions if he lasts longer than a Scaramucci, but he does come from a family that actually has compassion for other people.
H2O Man
(78,610 posts)in 1988, when we were talking, Robert saying his father had taught him that Native Americans and the environment were the same thing. Now, I'm not in favor of Robert's serving the felon. Back in May last year, he said he recognized the felon is a sociopath. And I disagree with him on vaccines. But I thought it curious that DUers wondered why Native Americans voted for the felon ..... it was not for the felon, it was for Robert. Non-Native people are unaware of the work Robert did for Native people in North, Central, and South America over the decades.
I do agree with him that the poisons should be removed from the foods Americans consume.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)employees. That's kinda normal when companies are having layoffs
paleotn
(21,525 posts)jeffreyi
(2,511 posts)Who says this isn't intentional?
Alice B.
(692 posts)Johonny
(25,407 posts)With the idea they and not Musk would be in charge of their department. I assume more and more power struggles among egos to come.
riversedge
(79,347 posts)cbabe
(6,185 posts)riversedge
(79,347 posts)People will die because of Trumps cruelty--but not enough to wake most folks up!!
The OPM initially indicated that 2,200 probationary employees in IHS would be laid off, including nearly 100 doctors, 350 nurses, nursing assistants, pharmacists and others. IHS formally asked for an exemption for all healthcare workers.
In response, Trump administration officials notified health officials that doctors, nurses and other critical care workers would be exempt, but that 950 employees would still be laid off, sources said.
Link to tweet
Vinca
(53,333 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,147 posts)I'm thinking he's got 6 weeks, top.
et tu
(2,387 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,147 posts)...approximately
et tu
(2,387 posts)bluestarone
(21,138 posts)MASS CONFUSION!! They create it then blame others!! NOTHING gets done for the middle class and poor.
paleotn
(21,525 posts)other than maybe stealing from them.
bluestarone
(21,138 posts)They hate us. all of us that don't make the billionaire grade. The problem with their thinking is, WITHOUT us there would be NONE of them.
Dan
(4,962 posts)Take a federal job in the future? What will be the long term impact?
People tend to take government jobs for the stability, not the high pay. But if you remove the stability from the job and every new administration brings stress, hardship, and uncertainty - would you apply for those jobs with that in mind?
The damage they have done and will continue to do, until we the people say ENOUGH.
Raven123
(7,528 posts)Looks like Jr is the only person willing to face down Musk. Wonder if I need to get more popcorn
paleotn
(21,525 posts)Run away! Run away!
It's a massive political loser.
But you're right. These crazed firings will hurt everyone and tank the US economy. Slather on some equally crazed tariffs and we've got a nasty recession on our hands and a hell of a lot of pissed off people. Remember, we're dealing with idiots. Morons. Elmo is just as stupid as Donny. He's living proof that someone has to win the lottery. Not by skill, but by dumb luck.
Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)Not sure workers who got the boot are gonna be in a rush to show up for work until something in writing says they are going to get paid.
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)multigraincracker
(36,940 posts)South Asia.
mwooldri
(10,786 posts)One doesn't go in with mass layoffs, figure out you laid off the wrong people and then try to get them back.
It's a stupid way to run a company, let alone a country.
pfitz59
(12,313 posts)beat a person up, then offer a hand and say "sorry. didn't mean it. I love you and need you." rinse and repeat.
alarimer
(17,146 posts)I'm not sure this makes up for the rest of his bullshit but at least it's something.
2naSalit
(99,968 posts)Not giving any credit, though.
GreenWave
(12,316 posts)The plot thickens.
AkFemDem
(2,508 posts)applegrove
(130,212 posts)If it is too much they backtracked and go after some other funding. Plus it exhausts us.