Chris Arnold
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You can't just lie and say these people did their jobs badly and use that as a justification to immediately terminate them. There was just another kind of related case. Things were resolved in the last couple of days involving the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. And a few workers were put back to work or will be in a couple of days.
You can't just lie and say these people did their jobs badly and use that as a justification to immediately terminate them. There was just another kind of related case. Things were resolved in the last couple of days involving the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. And a few workers were put back to work or will be in a couple of days.
You can't just lie and say these people did their jobs badly and use that as a justification to immediately terminate them. There was just another kind of related case. Things were resolved in the last couple of days involving the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. And a few workers were put back to work or will be in a couple of days.
So, you know, the courts really might come back and say, you know what, guys, like this just wasn't done right. Like these federal workers have rights and you cannot fire them this way.
So, you know, the courts really might come back and say, you know what, guys, like this just wasn't done right. Like these federal workers have rights and you cannot fire them this way.
So, you know, the courts really might come back and say, you know what, guys, like this just wasn't done right. Like these federal workers have rights and you cannot fire them this way.
Well, and I think like that's a big difference between the private sector, too. Right. I mean, if Musk buys Twitter, which became X, I mean, yeah, he's in charge. He can fire half the people. The parallel with the government like stops there. Right. It makes me think I used to cover Silicon Valley and you'd see guys who made gajillions of dollars.
Well, and I think like that's a big difference between the private sector, too. Right. I mean, if Musk buys Twitter, which became X, I mean, yeah, he's in charge. He can fire half the people. The parallel with the government like stops there. Right. It makes me think I used to cover Silicon Valley and you'd see guys who made gajillions of dollars.
Well, and I think like that's a big difference between the private sector, too. Right. I mean, if Musk buys Twitter, which became X, I mean, yeah, he's in charge. He can fire half the people. The parallel with the government like stops there. Right. It makes me think I used to cover Silicon Valley and you'd see guys who made gajillions of dollars.
And then they're like, I want to solve public education. And they would try to wade in. And then they'd realize like, oh my God, no, I'm dealing with the unions. And I don't have like a room full of really smart grads from Stanford, like making this one thing. I'm dealing with a hundred things and they're all way more complicated. And it's like, it kind of reminds me of that.
And then they're like, I want to solve public education. And they would try to wade in. And then they'd realize like, oh my God, no, I'm dealing with the unions. And I don't have like a room full of really smart grads from Stanford, like making this one thing. I'm dealing with a hundred things and they're all way more complicated. And it's like, it kind of reminds me of that.
And then they're like, I want to solve public education. And they would try to wade in. And then they'd realize like, oh my God, no, I'm dealing with the unions. And I don't have like a room full of really smart grads from Stanford, like making this one thing. I'm dealing with a hundred things and they're all way more complicated. And it's like, it kind of reminds me of that.
You know, it's like, it's just turning into this absolute swamp of tangled intention where, you know, anything he tries to do the way he would do it, say when he took over Twitter, is just going to spark lawsuits. Yeah.
You know, it's like, it's just turning into this absolute swamp of tangled intention where, you know, anything he tries to do the way he would do it, say when he took over Twitter, is just going to spark lawsuits. Yeah.
You know, it's like, it's just turning into this absolute swamp of tangled intention where, you know, anything he tries to do the way he would do it, say when he took over Twitter, is just going to spark lawsuits. Yeah.
I mean, I think seeing how this plays out with federal workers and whether the courts are willing to say you didn't follow the rules and you can't just summarily fire tens of thousands of people and send out all these letters that essentially lie about things like that's just not OK. And you got to hire them all back. And let's do this like grownups.
I mean, I think seeing how this plays out with federal workers and whether the courts are willing to say you didn't follow the rules and you can't just summarily fire tens of thousands of people and send out all these letters that essentially lie about things like that's just not OK. And you got to hire them all back. And let's do this like grownups.
I mean, I think seeing how this plays out with federal workers and whether the courts are willing to say you didn't follow the rules and you can't just summarily fire tens of thousands of people and send out all these letters that essentially lie about things like that's just not OK. And you got to hire them all back. And let's do this like grownups.
And if that's able to work, you know, I think that would be really interesting. And I don't know if that's what's going to happen.
And if that's able to work, you know, I think that would be really interesting. And I don't know if that's what's going to happen.