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Fuck you both

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 123 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Then they aren't really about efficiency, are they? When properly set up, WFH for office work is very effective and efficient.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But think of the billions of dollars of now unused office space. That's horrible for real estate pricing, which is where many of these fucks are invested.

And billions of barrels of oil no longer being used and going to waste from all the travel not happening and extra heat needed.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

It's not even a real estate issue sometimes. I worked in an office in an industrial facility- printing custom boxes. Everyone in an office job was on a hybrid schedule. No one's job required them to be at the office. All conversations were by Slack, all meetings were by Zoom even if we were all in the office. They could have knocked down the office space and put in at least two more industrial printers. Considering how backed up we got around Christmas, that would have helped them.

Some of this is just old assholes who think people need to be in the office all the time so they can watch them or something. I don't know.

At least they didn't make me wear a tie.

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[–] DankDingleberry@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they already said it themselves: "Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome" so no, it was never about efficiency. at all.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't you love when someone from outside talks big shit pretending to know what YOUR job is and determining its not needed?

Almost like firing people based on code written didn't backfire last time..

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 18 hours ago

Read Project 2025, the plan is to get rid of federal employees and replace them with Trump loyalists.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

They are about more efficiency in enriching themselves. Forcing people back into inefficient office-based work is just a tool to fire huge chunks of them while filtering for those easier exploited.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

Agreed 100%. I used to work a hybrid schedule and I was much more efficient when I was at home and could be both relaxed and not distracted or annoyed by coworkers.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Efficient for whom? The rich all have millions invested in commercial real estate so if it's not about voluntary resignations it's about that.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

Lol they're not going to get top talent unless they raise pay

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So the government telling businesses how they have to operate is small government now?

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I assume they mean all government positions. Hey look at that it's in the headline

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 5 points 19 hours ago

Yes. Much more power to a small amount of rich morons and sycophants while firing most people actually doing government day-to-day work makes the government smaller...

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

So small it'll fit right in your vagina.

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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago

god I fucking hate these people. Pure fucking hatred.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

At least they're open about it: The entire point (according to them) is attrition. The actual plan is to make work for these people much more hostile so they quit.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you think our tax bills will drop if they succeed in forcing these million employees to quit?

They said they want to run the government like a business, and it looks like that's what they're pursuing. Unfortunately, that just means they'll give us the lowest quality service at the highest possible price.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They said they want to run the government like a business,

In other words: terribly. They want to run the government terribly, exactly how business runs in this country.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

At the expense of everyone for the benefit of the few.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

They'll spend all of their time changing the direction of what everyone is working on, hiring and firing people, and doing re-orgs...just like a real US business!

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 54 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Working from home for all jobs that it is compatible with should be a mandate to help lower the amount of gas necessary for commuting.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

You think these ghouls don't have tons of investments in oil.

[–] numbermess@fedia.io 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yep but that means you're not buying gas, which is a crime

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

Exactly! People died for this gas, don't you care???

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[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why? I think businesses should be left alone to decide.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They’re talking about federal employees

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[–] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We owe commercial real estate investors exactly jacksh’t. This is, at least in part, about securing income for commercial landlords. Their “jobs” aren’t any more precious than anyone else’s jobs that are being impacted hard by this changing era. If they would like to fill their buildings, they can fork over some cash to convert parts of them to housing.

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