Pete

So you could be somebody who could be commanding a multimillion dollar salary in the private sector, working on something wildly important, but there's just no way that you're getting, you know, you're in your particular pay grade, same as everybody else. And to remove your bottom performance.

So you could be somebody who could be commanding a multimillion dollar salary in the private sector, working on something wildly important, but there's just no way that you're getting, you know, you're in your particular pay grade, same as everybody else. And to remove your bottom performance.

Like, a lot of people who've been in and out of business and government will tell me, like, when I was in the private sector and the public sector, actually, like, the top 10% were pretty much the same, these amazing driven people. You know, the government ones weren't compensated as well, but they were purpose-driven.

Like, a lot of people who've been in and out of business and government will tell me, like, when I was in the private sector and the public sector, actually, like, the top 10% were pretty much the same, these amazing driven people. You know, the government ones weren't compensated as well, but they were purpose-driven.

Like, a lot of people who've been in and out of business and government will tell me, like, when I was in the private sector and the public sector, actually, like, the top 10% were pretty much the same, these amazing driven people. You know, the government ones weren't compensated as well, but they were purpose-driven.

But the bottom 10% was completely different because I couldn't do anything about the bottom 10%, right? So imagine if Doge had come in. And they had gone through every department and said, okay, we're going to create a way to reward the top performers. And we're also going to analyze either whose job description is no longer needed or their job performance is not there.

But the bottom 10% was completely different because I couldn't do anything about the bottom 10%, right? So imagine if Doge had come in. And they had gone through every department and said, okay, we're going to create a way to reward the top performers. And we're also going to analyze either whose job description is no longer needed or their job performance is not there.

But the bottom 10% was completely different because I couldn't do anything about the bottom 10%, right? So imagine if Doge had come in. And they had gone through every department and said, okay, we're going to create a way to reward the top performers. And we're also going to analyze either whose job description is no longer needed or their job performance is not there.

And even though it's painful, even though maybe it's politically tough, we're going to show them the door. That would be one thing. But they just sent an email to everybody, many of whom were, in fact, top performers. Some of the people they fired who got caught up in this thing, people got fired just based on whether you were in a category called probationary employee.

And even though it's painful, even though maybe it's politically tough, we're going to show them the door. That would be one thing. But they just sent an email to everybody, many of whom were, in fact, top performers. Some of the people they fired who got caught up in this thing, people got fired just based on whether you were in a category called probationary employee.

And even though it's painful, even though maybe it's politically tough, we're going to show them the door. That would be one thing. But they just sent an email to everybody, many of whom were, in fact, top performers. Some of the people they fired who got caught up in this thing, people got fired just based on whether you were in a category called probationary employee.

But to be clear, probationary isn't like you fucked up and you're on probation. You could actually be because you were promoted. You could be a seven-year veteran at the FAA, or maybe you'd been there as a contractor, but you were so good that the FAA said, we want to hire you now as a government employee. And even though it might have been a little pay cut, you went for it.

But to be clear, probationary isn't like you fucked up and you're on probation. You could actually be because you were promoted. You could be a seven-year veteran at the FAA, or maybe you'd been there as a contractor, but you were so good that the FAA said, we want to hire you now as a government employee. And even though it might have been a little pay cut, you went for it.

But to be clear, probationary isn't like you fucked up and you're on probation. You could actually be because you were promoted. You could be a seven-year veteran at the FAA, or maybe you'd been there as a contractor, but you were so good that the FAA said, we want to hire you now as a government employee. And even though it might have been a little pay cut, you went for it.

And you're probationary. Yeah. And then next thing you know, like, you wake up one day and this office, department, whatever Doge is, clearly hasn't, like, gone through and checked, like, who's doing a good job or who's... There's no way because there wasn't even time to do that. And they're just like, guess what? You're fired. Yeah.

And you're probationary. Yeah. And then next thing you know, like, you wake up one day and this office, department, whatever Doge is, clearly hasn't, like, gone through and checked, like, who's doing a good job or who's... There's no way because there wasn't even time to do that. And they're just like, guess what? You're fired. Yeah.

And you're probationary. Yeah. And then next thing you know, like, you wake up one day and this office, department, whatever Doge is, clearly hasn't, like, gone through and checked, like, who's doing a good job or who's... There's no way because there wasn't even time to do that. And they're just like, guess what? You're fired. Yeah.

part of the answer to your question of what Democrats should be talking about. Because I think we're the ones who believe, some say we believe it to a fault, like we believe it naively, but we're the ones who believe that there is, the government has to, if you do it right, government has the power to make people better off. But if we're going to do that, let's actually do it.

part of the answer to your question of what Democrats should be talking about. Because I think we're the ones who believe, some say we believe it to a fault, like we believe it naively, but we're the ones who believe that there is, the government has to, if you do it right, government has the power to make people better off. But if we're going to do that, let's actually do it.

part of the answer to your question of what Democrats should be talking about. Because I think we're the ones who believe, some say we believe it to a fault, like we believe it naively, but we're the ones who believe that there is, the government has to, if you do it right, government has the power to make people better off. But if we're going to do that, let's actually do it.