Elon Musk publicized the names of U.S. government employees he wants to cut. It's terrifying federal workers

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Elon Musk publicized the names of U.S. government employees he wants to cut. It's terrifying federal workers - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Don’t like him and not sure how well this is gonna work out BUT there are too many useless people in government jobs in a lot of countries and with their work ethic they often couldn’t hold jobs in the more competitive free market so I agree with the core principle of what they want to do, but I am sure the approach will be total ass.

The problems in government are structural and systematic, not individual. The bureaucracy was built into what it is through the accumulation of regulations, poorly implemented policies and agendas, as well as plain mismanagement. Likewise, when the cost of a failed project is a political shitstorm and a parliamentary enquiry, and beyond that you are expected to be entirely accountable and transparent, you need to be risk averse.

You can’t just fix these issues by proclaiming to fire everyone. You need to fix structural and leadership problems.