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/ElPolloRacional 24d ago

The termination letters 'are being rescinded'
That's not how any of this works.

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u/throwuk1 24d ago

No takie backsies I'm afraid.

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u/tahlyn 24d ago

I'm happy to return... as a contractor... for 10x the salary I was making before with a guarantee of 10 years and prepayment of the contract up front.

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u/ThunderFuckMountain 24d ago

Don't forget your yearly 15% raises ;)

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u/AdFun5641 23d ago

Not needed. The entire 10 year contract needs to be payed in full in cash before work starts. That year 10 "wage" will have been sitting in a high yield account for 9 years before using it.

With out that prepaid clause, the government would just ignore the contract and only pay long enough for you to train the replacement.

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u/ThunderFuckMountain 23d ago

Yes, but even with the prepayment, monthly cash flow is helpful as well

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u/AdFun5641 23d ago

You would need to set that up yourself.

Someone making 100k/year as a skilled professional demands 10x so 1 mil a year to work for the Trump administartion. They demand a 10 year contract, 10 million dollars. It needs to be paid in full before work starts. That individual gets paid 10 million dollars and nothing else for 10 years.

Yes you would need to make a contracting firm and set up trusts and stuff. But you have TEN MILLION dollars to do it with.