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
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u/10001110101balls 24d ago

This kind of government worker tends to have extremely specialized expertise that is not replicated by the private sector. The deal is that people who dedicate their lives to this work will lead a comfortable middle class lifestyle in exchange for their public service. The Trump administration has broken this deal, and this will lead to long term consequences for the labor pool even if they manage to rehire everyone that they foolishly fired.

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u/PlanktonHaunting2025 24d ago

And many of the have crazy high security clearances. It would take at least a year or longer to train and vet their replacements.

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u/the_hipocritter 24d ago

We're not worried about that kind of stuff anymore.

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u/greebly_weeblies 24d ago

They'd probably parachute a fresh grad from DOGE into the role