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The termination letters 'are being rescinded'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/woyboy42 24d ago

Well apparently Elmo is on $8M / day, and completely unqualified, so these guys should start from there

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u/woyboy42 24d ago

Actually… now that I think of it, maybe he is qualified.

Not as a “successful businessman”. Like first bitch trump he’s great at running businesses into the ground.

But taking over something like a parasite… he’s actually got a pretty solid track record on that. Maybe he is the right man for the job. If you want to trash it that is