Chris Arnold

And so you're fired today. No details, no reason. And it just looked like a formally letter with their names filled in. And here's Eileen and James.

I mean, that's what's happening right now. I mean, there are lawyers just gathering these up, you know, and being like, here's the letter. It's the same as the other thousand letters. And when you actually look at the personnel file, you know, this person got this commendation and, you know, and also they're talking and it turns out their own supervisor was like, I don't want to fire this person.

I mean, that's what's happening right now. I mean, there are lawyers just gathering these up, you know, and being like, here's the letter. It's the same as the other thousand letters. And when you actually look at the personnel file, you know, this person got this commendation and, you know, and also they're talking and it turns out their own supervisor was like, I don't want to fire this person.

I mean, that's what's happening right now. I mean, there are lawyers just gathering these up, you know, and being like, here's the letter. It's the same as the other thousand letters. And when you actually look at the personnel file, you know, this person got this commendation and, you know, and also they're talking and it turns out their own supervisor was like, I don't want to fire this person.

I had no choice.

I had no choice.

I had no choice.

Well, there's one in federal court in San Francisco against the Office of Personnel Management, which apparently the lawsuit alleges a lot of these letters just came from OPM and then kind of went through the agencies. But it wasn't even these agencies saying, we want to fire these people. But it also zooms in on this idea like you were talking about, like, well –

Well, there's one in federal court in San Francisco against the Office of Personnel Management, which apparently the lawsuit alleges a lot of these letters just came from OPM and then kind of went through the agencies. But it wasn't even these agencies saying, we want to fire these people. But it also zooms in on this idea like you were talking about, like, well –

Well, there's one in federal court in San Francisco against the Office of Personnel Management, which apparently the lawsuit alleges a lot of these letters just came from OPM and then kind of went through the agencies. But it wasn't even these agencies saying, we want to fire these people. But it also zooms in on this idea like you were talking about, like, well –

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.