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49 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:


My former company was as doing project for Microsoft. We had 50ish people working 17+ hours a day / 7 days a week to deliver an ambitious milestone. We delivered every bit of the contract and much more.

Because of some internal politics they ended up refusing to pay and cancel the project. There response for not paying the milestone was “sue us, lol”

50 people lost their jobs the next day

https://kotaku.com/how-a-small-game-studio-almost-made-it-big-1696997142

I am not sure that is really a RIF, but sounds like you guys needed better lawyers and milestone structure. 

1 hour ago, troph said:

Use an expeditor you’ll get it in a few weeks. 

My strong recommendation is to never use an expediter unless you really value your time a LOT more than your money, but that’s a discussion for another thread. 

15 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

But especially stassney. 

I’ve consistently been the most correct poster on inflation, jobs, and GDP on this board for the last 4 years. In my job at a publicly traded S&P Traded 600 company, where there are standards,  I have been rewarded monthly with equity, options, wages and bonuses. I’ve proactively built workarounds to government regulations that your anti-Government fuerhers have commanded. Women’s health and fertility benefits to all affected is safely entrusted to me, Superman StassneyHorn. And I have consistently fisted you in your protruding starfish.

 

The next time you lament Republican policy, that you vote for, continue to look at the floor.

 While having “proactive” discussions with your daughters and wife who no longer view you with respect.

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Stassneyhorn-fisting Anastasia for years on this board back when I was PlainandSimple and you were a fence sitting retard.

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Just now, StassneyHorn said:

Stassneyhorn-fisting Anastasia for years on this board back when I was PlainandSimple and you were a fence sitting retard.

Not a particularly memorable handle of any note. 

You have spent years wondering and now your reamed asshole is spent. A sorry relic of a man that only used to wonder about taking the length.

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Why anyone on this board thinks Anastasia is nothing more than a high school drug dealer throwing adderal around is lost on the majority for his bats cause covid hysteria.

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2 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Why anyone on this board thinks Anastasia is nothing more than a high school drug dealer throwing adderal around is lost on the majority for his bats cause covid hysteria.

Sir, please. This is an Eckerds. 

I am not sure that is really a RIF, but sounds like you guys needed better lawyers and milestone structure. 

Hard for a small company with no money to fight Microsoft or anyone big beast. Just like it’s going to be impossible for a federal employee to sue the US govt for promised severance pay and pension.
On 1/28/2025 at 7:18 PM, StassneyHorn said:

I'd like to see a US Postal Service Skills challenge ala the Pro Bowl. Put it on TV. Timed obstacle course. German shepherds, porch pirates, cars parked on the curb blocking the mailbox.

Trim the fat then hire replacements.

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

10 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Most likely the best workers would take the offer because they're confident they can find employment elsewhere. The worst of the worst are the ones who will stay. The people you mention who are mailing it in.

I've never heard of voluntary buyouts being a benefit from an efficiency standpoint. And as a citizen I only care about the efficiency. Personally I don't care about govt costs especially as I get older.

The number of feds that retire each year is a bit more than 100k which is suspiciously close to the “5-10 percent” of the federal work force predicted by OPM to take this offer.  Assuming that doing so doesn’t fuck a pension and retirement benefits (not a given at all as actual agencies haven’t chimed in), my bet would be that the vast chunk of people who take this will be retirement eligible and have plans to do so soon.  DOGE will tout their efficiency in paying them to not work on the way out. 
 

There will also be a lot of lawsuits on this as the largest and best funded unions are licking their chops to go to town on this for anyone who feels they didn’t get what they were promised.  Which the taxpayer will pay to defend. There’s a good reason the government doesn’t do personnel actions by email subject line. 
 

Everyone will get a lesson in “tech founder” number cooking. 

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2 hours ago, Anastasis said:

The bureaucracy needs to be scaled down. Eggs will get broken along the way. Some shit will suck. Deal with it. People in the private sector go through this every  couple years on average. Promises made wrt pensions should be kept. Outside of that it’s a generous package and if you don’t think so you are probably operating in an alternate .gov universe. 

Incredible time to post this.

1 minute ago, Fastbreak said:


Hard for a small company with no money to fight Microsoft or anyone big beast. Just like it’s going to be impossible for a federal employee to sue the US govt for promised severance pay and pension.

The feds are the last major unionized workforce.  And the only thing they can get involved in is stuff like this. There will be  amazing lawsuits. 

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4 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:


Hard for a small company with no money to fight Microsoft or anyone big beast. Just like it’s going to be impossible for a federal employee to sue the US govt for promised severance pay and pension.

Not sure that is just like, but your point is well made. 

8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Sir, please. This is an Eckerds. 

You have a very available search history for retards who know how to use it.

7 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

Yes I do, black people suck at the post office.

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1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:

You have a very available search history for retards who know how to use it.

LOL go for it. Just deploy it in the appropriate thread. And try not to get too far over your skies. 

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1 hour ago, StassneyHorn said:

There is a circle K on Hayden Rd in Scottsdale AZ that has nothing but former Microsoft employees run the place while they develop their new “game changing” series . It’s at least 3 guys running this place who don’t need to work at all, but have a passion after being layed off. I loved them. You’d walk into this corner store and hear nothing but Halo stories/novels read over the speakers and you could talk to them for minutes on end and drink inside if you were bored.

 

layer not played edit

Anyone else immediately think “37 dicks? In a row?”

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8 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Incredible time to post this.

It's always a good time to post that. And there will always be a litany of excuses why a bloated federal government can't be touched. 

Being so wildly inconsistent on COVID is embarrassing.

 Cover your mouth , stay away from people, and shut the fuck up was the only thing you needed to ever know.

1 minute ago, BearSchlong said:

Anyone else? Think “37 dicks? In a row?”

There’s the Tesla right there on google maps

 

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Or hyundai

same

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2 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Cover your mouth

Advice you should take to heart. 

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Just now, StassneyHorn said:

Thank god for the new info!!!!! A real insider

I actually like you Stassney. Everyone sometimes needs another cloud salesman. 

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Esp one that makes you laugh. 

11 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Do you have any evidence that either offered a severance package or an exit incentive and then didn't pay it?  Certainly that would be easy to find for Elon.

This is completely win-win for the Trump Administration.  

 

I mean I’m pretty sure you’re not a Helobius sock but some of your recent posts have given me pause. 

25 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Yes I do, black people suck at the post office.

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3 hours ago, Anastasis said:

The bureaucracy needs to be scaled down. Eggs will get broken along the way. Some shit will suck. Deal with it. People in the private sector go through this every  couple years on average. Promises made wrt pensions should be kept. Outside of that it’s a generous package and if you don’t think so you are probably operating in an alternate .gov universe. 

 

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39 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

You have a very available search history for retards who know how to use it.

Yes I do, black people suck at the post office.

i don't know what all is going on here but I think I'm going to give you 48 hours to hopefully get it together

The feds are the last major unionized workforce.  And the only thing they can get involved in is stuff like this. There will be  amazing lawsuits. 

It doesn’t mattter. They control the Supreme Court. Whatever rulings in govt workers favor will be shot down.
5 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:


It doesn’t mattter. They control the Supreme Court. Whatever rulings in govt workers favor will be shot down.

 

and just shut down the labor board

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46 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

 

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Take it up during your next round. 

9 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

I mean I’m pretty sure you’re not a Helobius sock but some of your recent posts have given me pause. 

I'm just in full vichy france mode and I can't seem to shake it.  

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17 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I'm just in full vichy france mode and I can't seem to shake it.  

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It’s tough to stay both informed and level headed.

11 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Don’t search my history!!!!!!! 

 

 

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12 hours ago, Anastasis said:

No one said anything about any of that shit. Shit's got to change. Establishment Ds and Rs had many chances over your lifetime to course correct. Now you get the clown that is just going to break things. And hopefully the world still revolves around it's axis. And if it doesn't hopefully something better comes along to replace it. 

You are the embodiment of every well off, Trump-voting friend that I've had over the past 9 years. 

"Who cares that he's a buffoon. He's the disruptor that's going to destroy the system [a system that has benefited them greatly, mind you], and something better will be built in its place because reasons."

While they sit back from afar and watch the incompetent chaos. A luxury they have since none of this shit affects them directly.

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7 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

A luxury they have since none of this shit affects them directly.

That's silly. RTO orders happened all over the place. Separation offers happen. RIFs might as well be a scheduled biennial event in certain industries. Most of us have been through the exact same things in our own lives. 

When mass layoffs happen in business, there is usually** (OK, sometimes) a plausible business case as to why it's necessary, or how it will improve the organization. And, usually**, there is a rational basis in the methodology of selecting who is retained and who is terminated. No good business would just arbitrarily cut XY% of the workforce for the hell of it. Does anyone really believe these federal RIFs are going to improve the effectiveness of the government, at least towards the goals these agencies are intended to perform?

This is a naked attempt to degrade institutions that serve and protect the public, and redirect those institutions to instead protect corporations, oligarchs, and other large political donors.

 

6 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Does anyone really believe these federal RIFs are going to improve the effectiveness of the government, at least towards the goals these agencies are intended to perform?

They are intended to improve the effectiveness of "government" by eviscerating the federal government.

 

12 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

When mass layoffs happen in business, there is usually** (OK, sometimes) a plausible business case as to why it's necessary, or how it will improve the organization. And, usually**, there is a rational basis in the methodology of selecting who is retained and who is terminated. No good business would just arbitrarily cut XY% of the workforce for the hell of it. Does anyone really believe these federal RIFs are going to improve the effectiveness of the government, at least towards the goals these agencies are intended to perform?

This is a naked attempt to degrade institutions that serve and protect the public, and redirect those institutions to instead protect corporations, oligarchs, and other large political donors.

 

plus, install believers in the vacant positions who will refuse to quit until they die.

5 hours ago, Anastasis said:

That's silly. RTO orders happened all over the place. Separation offers happen. RIFs might as well be a scheduled biennial event in certain industries. Most of us have been through the exact same things in our own lives. 

Measured, informed, rational moves to improve efficiency make sense. This isn’t that.

We want these jobs staffed by true believers in our country, not sycophants whose allegiance is to an individual. But, you know this and are seeking to muddy the waters. Distraction. 

Aaaand that’s one reason why allowing outside agencies to have access to government employee’s information is likely illegal.

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On 1/28/2025 at 6:31 PM, Anastasis said:

To the topic, 28 weeks is a pretty generous package, better than most in the private sector would get. It's not gonna make sense for a lot of people, but for the younger folks I know of a few personally that will be able to jump to the private sector with ease. They were already heading that direction based on the RTO order without the juice of a severance package. I think you will see a short term brain drain of the most capable talent, esp younger talent that isn't near retirement.  

Because they didn’t kiss the ring and bend the knee? Go fuck yourself traitor lover

counterpoint: everything is legal if no one enforces things.

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12 minutes ago, achooloco said:

Because they didn’t kiss the ring and bend the knee? Go fuck yourself traitor lover

Top tier content contribution.

7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Top tier content contribution.

Piece of shit tier contribution from a fucking moron that completely ignores the reasons behind the offer due to his own fucking mental deficiencies. Fuck the offer, its goal is to get magats only, those that gargle smegma diaper balls and the fact you don’t even acknowledge that.. fuck you your kith and kin

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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The United States is fucking cooked.

In another lifetime, like a few weeks ago, throwing in a rando on-prem email server exposed to the fucking internet would have resulted in the feds showing up at your door.

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