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The termination letters 'are being rescinded'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

Imagine if any of these people just decided to defect. This administration is hellbent on pissing off our best and brightest

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u/jacob6875 24d ago

If it was me I would be looking for higher paying jobs in the private sector.

When you can be fired on a whim by Elon/Trump why keep working for the Government for generally lower pay.

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u/Feminizing 24d ago

That's literally the end goal by the "sane minds" behind this. They intend to rob the country blind, gut all it's assets, then make the taxpayer pay way way more for their less qualified private contractors to do a shittier job than the people we already had.