what a parasite

That's why he hired them.

I had the same thought.

Half the time I can’t make myself believe this is real. The other half of the time I can’t believe how really awful it is.

Monty Python skit. I got terminated last year after 21.years. I couldn't imagine having a yoyo termination. Think of the mental health impact. There are probably already suicides.

This is why this is a stupid fucking way to do this. There is a proper way to do RIFs and reducing budgets, but, that takes time and knowing what can be trimmed.

Your F**KING mistakes and not getting everything right are ENDANGERING PEOPLE'S LIVES you asshole!

Not only does he not know English, or science, but he doesn’t understand how percentages work.

And people’s livelihoods? Is there any accountability or are we just supposed to take it?

What a bunch of idiots.

Kerry Kennedy Meltzer. I know generally how they all feel, but to hear their words... it might be cathartic, albeit depressing.

I could say the same for CDC, NIH, FDA professionals, but I already have a really GOOD idea what they are saying. I could probably closely paraphrase without even hearing them.

Morons.

"Oh, sorry! Here, we'll try to put 20% of it back" -MAGAt Dipshits

Everything they do is hasty, sloppy with no analysis. Sadly, the full impact of the disastrous results will not be felt immediately.

By the time that the pressure to fix their malfeasance forces them to try to remediate the damage, it may be too late.

Idjit.

…he’s saying a 60% reduction is just fine. These are assholes of the highest order.

I hated losing my job last year, but they provided 1 month for every two years of service up to 12 months (I was 21 years so near the maximum). Also WARN (which I don't know if the government workers qualify) was another two months including benefits. I only collected unemployment for two weeks before starting my new job (at 70% of my old salary).

That explanation may be worse than the action. He is saying that telling thousands of people that their job is over was better than a slower, more thoughtful process.

I guess HE never needed a job himself ... and unlike his father and uncles has no empathy for the fact that others do.

As a "plan", he ignores not just the pain, but that many of these people are extremely hard to replace if they don't come back. Trump, Musk and RFK Jr may have started a brain drain.

They regret the optics, not the destruction, which is the real blunder.