I just got a post pulled on Musk’s warning on having the previous week’s Federal employee job productivity analyzed by DOGE operatives. It was deemed an inappropriate topic and not very “marcoeconomic”. Obviously, nothing to see here.
Makes you wonder if the bot has be infiltrated by sinister operatives. {{ LOL }}
intercst
This is issue is how blatant we are. If we make it a little bit less blatant in our critique it passes mustard.
I have taken to saying
TIPFA
Purposely
Let our imagination stew on that.
Just saw this.
Why isn’t the FBI being held to the same productivity standards as the rest of the Gov’t?
I noticed that they deleted the database of police officer complaints and criminal conduct. Perhaps those qualities are important qualifications for FBI employment in the future, just like an allegation of rape or sexual misconduct seems be be necessary for those seeking a Cabinet appointment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/
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The post ends: “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
Subtext: We have sent this motivational email to 3 million federal workers. Our seasoned team of 22-year old Tesla employees will carefully analyse, weight, and put into context the five bullets of text you are expected to respond with, and determine whether or not the value in your current role is greater than that of an incremental tax cut for us JCs. Don’t bother us with excuses for not responding, like being on vacation, or sick.
Imagine the federal employee who can’t come up with a list of five. Such as–
Each day i opened 5000 income tax returns and deposited the checks.
I held my morning coffee break to 30 minutes as required.
I showed up for work on time. And stayed until quitting time.
I would like to see the responses from middle managers. One Steelcase dealer I worked for had a RIF every year. The 2001 RIF took a scythe to middle management. Did it change the functioning of the company? Nope, not one bit. Furniture was still sold. Furniture was still delivered and installed.
Steve
And I could easily see that these would all be non-starters for keeping one’s job.
Pete
It’s all in how you present the information:
1-between 8am and 9am, I opened 120 tax returns, and deposited $3,000 into the US Treasury.
2-between 9am and 10am, I opened another 120 tax returns, and deposited $3,800 into the US Treasury.
3-between 10am and 11am, I opened 120 tax returns, and deposited $3,600 into the US Treasury.
…and so on. Notice, the pace of envelop opening was kept uniform. If one hour had a nigher number of returns opened, the “JC” would demand “why didn’t you open that many returns every hour?”
Steve
Steve,
The proper reply would be (I lf I had opened 120 returns)
I opened 60 returns. (The truth I did in fact open 60 returns.) The 22 year old has probably never filed taxes and if so done it electronically so would have no idea what a “return” is and how many I should be opening. However, he will know that 50 is the bench mark and next year can claim a 100 percent gain in efficiency when his remedies get you to 100 returns an hour. The other 20 returns you would have you have done you will lose to the time required for the over lords to measure your productivity.
Cheers
Qazulight
They’re not going to read millions of emails. They’ll have a bot searching for keywords like “diversity”, “LGBTQ” and “woman”.
Let us avoid talking about Emperor Musk.
I know there are analysts in CIA, who all day do nothing but read, read and read, and occasionally prepare a report. Now, those jobs can be eliminated and AI, $PLTR can connect the dots for you argument will be made. We are at the beginning of humanity collectively losing critical thinking.
Are starting to resign:
LOL, you seriously think Team DOGE was going to read 3 million emails?
And then what, individually and arbitrarily decide to randomly terminate people based on their responses?
How would some random DOGE employee have any idea if some professional in the USDA was even honest in their response? How do you qualify the work of a department and profession for which the reviewer has no knowledge or expertise?
This entire thing is so bat excrement crazy that I struggle to understand how any person, much less someone with any intelligence, thinks this was a good idea or an effective use of anyone’s time.
And yet, here we are. Idiocracy was a documentary.
Having worked with corporate productivity nonsense for almost two decades I have learned that the truth is a rare a valuable commodity and one should treat it like a young girls virginity and be very careful who you give it to.
Were I be required to answer the email, I would treat it as a creative writing assignment.
Cheers
Qazulight.
Yep and that would be it.
But the argument is who has the power to order this?
Imagine what AI can do with 3 million emails.
The list of fired employees comes spitting out in seconds.
Do performance reviews improve performance? Some of them end up as shouting matches I hear. But they can be used to help an employee develop skills and to coach them to higher positions.
Nothing reliable. and characters…
We have arrived folks. Management by AI. And you honestly think this is a good idea? Seriously?