(11-24-2024, 04:29 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (11-24-2024, 03:19 PM)TDOSS Wrote: [ -> ]People voting for brazen corruption doesn't mean it becomes something other than brazen corruption.
A successful America is "brazen corruption" to the intellectually deficient and America-hating left (BIRM).
Sure buddy. Have a good day
(11-24-2024, 05:39 PM)TDOSS Wrote: [ -> ] (11-24-2024, 04:29 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]A successful America is "brazen corruption" to the intellectually deficient and America-hating left (BIRM).
Sure buddy. Have a good day
Just because you're an idiot doesn't mean we need cater to you.
(11-24-2024, 08:11 PM)TDOSS Wrote: [ -> ] (11-24-2024, 06:47 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]Just because you're an idiot doesn't mean we need cater to you.
Ok predator apologist.
Opinion noted.
That's more than we do with your tripe. We just scrape it off our shoes like the dog [BLEEP] it is and move on.
Wow..
https://twitter.com/XDOGENEWS/status/186...TZ-XA&s=19
You thought we were joking about the congressional liquor store?
It exists. Look it up.
Pelosi opened a liquor store in the House where Members can buy alcohol with their taxpayer-funded MRAs.
We’re going to cut the funding. Nancy can be an alcoholic on her own dime.
https://twitter.com/DOGE/status/18628838...1hvUw&s=19
Summary of California High Speed Rail Project:
-Originally projected (in 2008) to cost $33 billion; now projected to cost between $88.5 and $127.9 billion
-Estimated completion date was 2020; as of 2024, zero passengers have been transported and the majority has not even been fully designed
-Received $6.8 billion in federal funds
-Requesting $8 billion in additional federal funds
Sources:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…
amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/hig…
(11-30-2024, 11:59 AM)WingerDinger Wrote: [ -> ]https://x.com/DOGE/status/18628838217980...1hvUw&s=19
Summary of California High Speed Rail Project:
-Originally projected (in 2008) to cost $33 billion; now projected to cost between $88.5 and $127.9 billion
-Estimated completion date was 2020; as of 2024, zero passengers have been transported and the majority has not even been fully designed
-Received $6.8 billion in federal funds
-Requesting $8 billion in additional federal funds
Sources:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…
amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/hig…
Progressives get so enamored with high speed rail, but they don't realize that high speed rail can't function unless there is highly utilized low speed mass transit at both ends.
Which means there has to be high density housing at both ends.
CalTrain and Bart and LA Metro are all under-utilized for this reason. They are all treated as something for the poor to use only, because the housing options around them all have parking.
If California ever changes their zoning to allow more high density housing around mass transit, and they actually build it, and people actually move in, and the trains start coming every 5 minutes instead of every 30 minutes, then and only then would high speed rail maybe start to make sense.
High speed rail was one of the dumbest ideas that Obama ever latched on to. And he latched on to some doozies.
https://twitter.com/DOGE/status/18628849...iNWkg&s=19
In 2024, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $1.8 billion studying racism including:
-$125K on “Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature”
-$151K on “Perceived racism, cardiovascular disease risk, and neurocognitive aging”
-$516K on “Effects of Racism on Brain and Pathways to Health Disparities”
Cost breakdown thread:
t.co/KUBvQwOR8f
Government employee's about to get laid off........
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Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Dem Rep. Lofgren: DOGE Is Unconstitutional, Illegal
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., dismissed the newly launched Department of Government Efficiency, telling CNN on Thursday the initiative is "unconstitutional and illegal."
President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would spearhead the incoming administration's goal of weeding out government inefficiency and wasteful spending.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zoe-lof...2hRfMJbsOQ
(12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Musk wants to trim the fat and the fat that is scamming the government with remote work may just remove itself. The people that are less efficient at home are already inefficient in the office. Inefficient will be worse at home, efficient people will mostly be better working from home.
So you get people to leave who don't want to come back or are working other side jobs or just doing nothing. Then you can let the people left work from home if they choose.
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(12-06-2024, 01:22 AM)p_rushing Wrote: [ -> ] (12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Musk wants to trim the fat and the fat that is scamming the government with remote work may just remove itself. The people that are less efficient at home are already inefficient in the office. Inefficient will be worse at home, efficient people will mostly be better working from home.
So you get people to leave who don't want to come back or are working other side jobs or just doing nothing. Then you can let the people left work from home if they choose.
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I see a phased approach. First require them to come to work. See how much work is actually done. Establish how many man-hours to accomplish work. Remove excess personnel. Next, automate work that can be. Remove more personnel. Rinse repeat
(12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Okay, first of all, "government efficiency" is an oxymoron, and how in the world would you even measure such a thing?
My impression is that people like to work remotely because then they can do things like laundry or taking care of their kids. It seems to me that working remotely is a great opportunity to cheat your employer by doing non-work stuff. That's why I would never allow it except in extreme emergencies that actually keep people from coming to the office.
(12-06-2024, 09:23 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Okay, first of all, "government efficiency" is an oxymoron, and how in the world would you even measure such a thing?
My impression is that people like to work remotely because then they can do things like laundry or taking care of their kids. It seems to me that working remotely is a great opportunity to cheat your employer by doing non-work stuff. That's why I would never allow it except in extreme emergencies that actually keep people from coming to the office.
Exactly. I could never work remotely because I would definitely take advantage of it. It would start innocently enough. Cutting out early on a Friday to get a jump on traffic for a vacation. Next it would be working on a minor home repair the wife has been nagging me about. Then I’d be running minor errands and getting up late. Next thing you know that 8 hour day the employer pays me for would be about 4 hrs of actual work.
(12-06-2024, 09:23 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Okay, first of all, "government efficiency" is an oxymoron, and how in the world would you even measure such a thing?
My impression is that people like to work remotely because then they can do things like laundry or taking care of their kids. It seems to me that working remotely is a great opportunity to cheat your employer by doing non-work stuff. That's why I would never allow it except in extreme emergencies that actually keep people from coming to the office.
Depends on the position and flow of work, the individual worker, and how they're compensated. Like most things, there is nuance, but understand companies must make rules that apply to everyone, so it's not easy to do.
(12-06-2024, 09:23 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (12-05-2024, 10:59 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Musk and others are now pushing a narrative that federal workers are working remote too much and this is a big source of government inefficiency. Interesting! Plausible!
We could close certain buildings and make certain workers fully remote. Big savings!
But wait.
That's not what Musk wants.
He wants them all back in office.
But how does that save money? He says workers are more efficient when they're at the office, but, we didn't see a huge drop in government efficiency during COVID. And many workers did come back, but there hasn't been a big gain in efficiency associated with that either. Data from private workplaces is mixed, at best.
Anyhow here's the link.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eye...h-2t/story
Okay, first of all, "government efficiency" is an oxymoron, and how in the world would you even measure such a thing?
My impression is that people like to work remotely because then they can do things like laundry or taking care of their kids. It seems to me that working remotely is a great opportunity to cheat your employer by doing non-work stuff. That's why I would never allow it except in extreme emergencies that actually keep people from coming to the office.
100%.
When I moved back to the States from Germany I got a job that offered remote as an option and since I lived in the Westside and the office was out at the beaches I wanted to try it to save on gas and mileage. Even though I had a dedicated office for my job I got easily distracted by stuff going on around the house and people thought because I was at home I was available for whatever. It didn't work out.
There are people who don't have a problem working from home and are very efficient and effective, but they are definitely the exception. If you were hired to come in to an office then that's what you do. You're not being paid to do laundry or watch your kid or give yourself a mani/pedi, you're being paid to do your job. The pandemic changed things for a period of time but that was meant to be temporary.
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