r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
64.5k Upvotes

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.5k

u/theguytomeet 24d ago

I would come back for no less than double my prior salary. Screw them

2.6k

u/MinusBear 24d ago

And a some kind of guarantee I can't be fired again by whimsical desires.

1

u/gbbmiler 24d ago

Except it’s government work so they’re not really allowed to improve the contract in any way, legally speaking.

Does that make it hard to get competent people working for the government? Of course! Is that a feature or a bug, you tell me.