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#Bureaucrat and #Billionaire: Inside #DOGE Chaotic #Takeover of #SocialSecurity. drama offers a case study in how #ElonMusk team sought 2 run critical #government agency through #misinformation #socialmedia blasts and how longtime employees responded. #economy #financialsystem #maga #false #narrative #misinformation #lies #corruption #fraud #waste #abuse all by #gop #congress #trump #musk #politics #political thousands of #federal #employees fired forced 2 retire #layoffs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/doge-social-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.OnpY.Rf8ET2vJ9G4q

#EPA #employees stream for the exit

https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-employees-stream-for-the-exit/

More than 8 percent of the agency’s #workforce — 1,334 #staffers — will be taking “early out” offers.

Is #retirement #legislation setting small #businesses up to fail?

Small firms want to attract and retain #employees, but #government initiatives shouldn’t #work against them.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91351775/is-retirement-legislation-setting-small-businesses-up-to-fail

#Employees need great #leaders. #Women #CEOs are #leading the way

https://www.fastcompany.com/91350494/full-list-companies-best-leadership-teams-2025-comparably

How #Kroger Uses #Tech to Make #Employees' #Jobs Easier

https://progressivegrocer.com/how-kroger-uses-tech-make-employees-jobs-easier

“the #Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many #federal #employees dismissed under #DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

June 6, 2025

Breaking #FakeNews: President Trump implements a new picture prompt response for federal employment: Federal employees must now submit a 3-page response to a random picture prompt to be considered for employment.

#Trump #Federal #Employees

President Trump finishing his picture prompt in response to a picture of what looked like sand with a car parked in it. It earned him a 100% for English class.

Automation in the real world. Walmart has employed ~ 2.1M people for the past 3 years while at the same time growing revenue by $70B or ~ 10%.

Going forward, Walmart is expected to grow sales by 4% per year without increasing employee head count. Investments in technology, automation and eCommerce mean "new roles" for employees, not more employees according to the company. #Automation #eCommerce #Walmart #employees #Labour #labourmarket #Retail #technology

But the #PERM system also takes a toll on its supposed beneficiaries, the temporary #employees seeking permanent residency. Even after their PERM applications are approved, they must typically wait >10yrs before getting a #GreenCard, a long wait even by the standards of the US #immigration system. In the interim,it can be hard for them to leave their sponsoring employers,exposing them to overwork at jobs that often pay less than what their American counterparts receive.
#labor #law #exploitation

How to #rethink #leadership to energize #disengaged #employees

https://www.fastcompany.com/91342572/how-to-rethink-leadership-to-energize-disengaged-employees

Federal judge orders 1,300 fired #employees of #Education Department reinstated

https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/01/federal-judge-reinstates-1300-education-department-jobs-lost-in-march/

NYT again with the obvious information - too late. The damage #Musk + #Trump have done to our government, #experts #employees #infrastructure #services is irreparable but yeh sure: As #ElonMusk entered President Trump’s orbit, he told people he was taking so much #ketamine that it was affecting his bladder. He was also taking #Ecstasy and #psychedelic #mushrooms, and he traveled with a daily #medication box of about 20 pills. #drugs #addiction https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html #socialmedia

In a cable dated May 30 & sent to all US diplomatic & consular posts, US Secy of #State #MarcoRubio instructed the immediate start of "additional vetting of any non-immigrant #visa applicant seeking to travel to #HarvardUniversity for any purpose."

Such applicants include but are not limited to prospective #students, students, #faculty, #employees, #contractors, #GuestSpeakers, & #tourists, the cable said. The word "any" in the cable text is written in bold format & underlined.

#Trump #law