Relax, Everything is Going to be Okay!

[Bonasababy]

How have you handled these issues in your massive companies?

Seems to me some pretty big players in the business world have come aboard and praising what is happening.

Two reasons for that IMO .

One they fear a dictator is in charge, not a president--and one with an openly expressed demand to praise him and do what he says or he will punish you.

An example

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/business/trump-corporate-executives-davos/index.html

Second--there are some who see this as opportunity. He's promised to cut taxes on them even more, and cut regulations that can save them more as well.

That said there are some awful big players pushing back--gently perhaps but they are.

Warren Buffett offers Donald Trump some advice while celebrating Berkshire Hathaway's success

Warren Buffett is celebrating the successes of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate.

apnews.com

Buffett has hardly mentioned politics and current events in his recent letters — preferring to stay away from anything controversial that might hurt Berkshire’s companies — but Saturday he urged the government to be responsible with the money he sends it.


“Thank you, Uncle Sam. Someday your nieces and nephews at Berkshire hope to send you even larger payments than we did in 2024. Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, for no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better. And never forget that we need you to maintain a stable currency and that result requires both wisdom and vigilance on your part,”
More....

CEOs are unhappy with Trump on Ukraine

Also: Ford cuts manager bonuses, Is Ackman the new Buffett?

fortune.com

 

[Bonasababy]

He's back...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-setback-musk-presses-forward-with-federal-worker-threats-2025-02-25/

But while some federal agencies such as the U.S. Treasury Department told their workers to comply, others like the Pentagon did not. As Musk's Monday midnight deadline approached, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management ultimately told agencies their workers could ignore the email.

Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who has been tasked by President Donald Trump to lead a radical downsizing of the federal government, seemed undeterred.

"Subject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination," he wrote on X late on Monday.

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

It's amusing... I'm a federal employee. ANY federal employee, worth their integrity, knows this is 100% false.

/carry on.

Integrity is when you try to spread truthful information. You are either lying about being a federal employee, lying about what’s in your email, or need to re read your email to fully comprehend it. Why don’t you show some integrity and clarify why you pushed false information to us.

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

I don’t work for .gov, but if I did, this would be my response to 5 things I did last week:

• Checked on recently fired associates to make sure they were ok
• Updated my resume
• Updated my LinkedIn profile
• Everything else I did is classified
• If I told you I’d have to kill you because we all know Elon Musk isn’t qualified to have a security clearance

No you wouldn’t. You take no more than 5 minutes and bullet point out 5 things you worked on. The crowd that views this inconvenience to their day as an outrage or grounds for a lawsuit or some sort of bridge too far are the problem. Waste your 5 minutes on this worthless task and go back to bs about your weekend, linking up articles on HT about how horrible this request is , cry about a coworker that lost their job or maybe get some actual work done

FFS if my employees cried this hard about an ask this minor I would shitcan the entire workforce.

 

[Sytes]

Integrity is when you try to spread truthful information. You are either lying about being a federal employee, lying about what’s in your email, or need to re read your email to fully comprehend it. Why don’t you show some integrity and clarify why you pushed false information to us.

Let's return to basic math. Take your quote from Elon and do the math yourself. If one working day is your answer... well, best to your day.

My query was simple. Where does he gather his information. It's not accurate.
1. Union rep. I am opposed to this harassment, fearmongering approach towards bargaining unit employees. Provided 10 bullet points fitting our daily responsibilities for BUE's to utilize.
Then OPM declared not necessary to respond.
2. As a federal employee.... I'm not concerned. I sent it, pre OPM issued email.

 

[Gulf of America]

Let's return to basic math. Take your quote from Elon and do the math yourself. If one working day is your answer... well, best to your day.

His tweet was Saturday and he said failure to respond by 11:59P on Monday would be taken as resignation. One working day for the vast majority of federal workers who work Monday-Friday. FFS

 

[88man]

Doubling down...maybe?

Musk says failure to respond a second time to email will end in termination

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said federal employees will get a second chance to respond to an email asking for a recap of their last week’s accomplishments — or else face termination. “Subject to the…

thehill.com

I think if someone told me to send an email to them with only 5 tasks I worked on last week I would do it in like 1 minute considering what we know has do be done with the expense cutting needed. Heck I have friends in sales and they email or enter into software every day clients who they visited and called on.

This is just a simple task maybe it will help root out some of those good hard working folks with 2 or 3 full time GOV jobs. Maybe even some with w full time Fed Job and a Full time state gov or local gov job. We all know there needs to be cleaning up and a reorganization and specially an accountability to the tax payers.

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[Sytes]

His tweet was Saturday and he said failure to respond by 11:59P on Monday would be taken as resignation. One working day for the vast majority of federal workers who work Monday-Friday. FFS

Read the quote I asked where information is gathered. If that is an accurate quote...

 

[shrapnel]

Gophers are out…

 

[Gulf of America]

Read the quote I asked where information is gathered. If that is an accurate quote...

 

[noharleyyet]

Read the quote I asked where information is gathered. If that is an accurate quote...

Provocateuvaricator accusation Charles...

 

[noharleyyet]

Gophers are out…



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Projectile induced mitosis...

 

[longbow51]

Are you sure about that?

Yes. Although it was reported it was in question after he smoked a little weed with Rogan .

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk/spacex-ceo-musks-security-clearance-under-review-over-pot-use-official-idUSKCN1QO2FZ/

 

[hank4elk]

Projectile induced mitosis...

I thought it was just spring.
Dotti has dug every mound/chase in the orchard and has larger pits than Rio out there. She brought a mangled one and put it on the couch. Good girl.

Maybe there will be young folks around here who need some cash?
Most likely they are twiggling or what ever folk do on a cell phone.

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

Let's return to basic math. Take your quote from Elon and do the math yourself. If one working day is your answer... well, best to your day.

My query was simple. Where does he gather his information. It's not accurate.
1. Union rep. I am opposed to this harassment, fearmongering approach towards bargaining unit employees. Provided 10 bullet points fitting our daily responsibilities for BUE's to utilize.
Then OPM declared not necessary to respond.
2. As a federal employee.... I'm not concerned. I sent it, pre OPM issued email.

Please clarify this blatantly false information before we continue any further discussion

 

[Oak]

One quick thought before the lock. Make no mistake I love, absolutely love, a good conspiracy fact....er...I mean theory. I do suspect however, that not every single official in DC or the administration is all in on a grand plan to privatize wildlife or take our public lands (though some most assuredly are). I truly believe that in many cases officials are just ignorant of the nuances surrounding this issue, and I expect many would be open to listening, perhaps having conversations with people with large platforms who are passionate advocates for our public lands. Maybe if we are intentional about making an attempt to have these conversations we might actually get somewhere. I thought the opening post to this thread was very well written and I tend to agree, it's going to be ok, the world is not ending just yet. Rest assured if the events of November had gone the other way we would still be fighting for our way of life, just in different battles. So let's keep working and finding solutions, regardless of the circumstances we're faced with.

Some will immediately dismiss the source, but this was an interesting read on the topic that came across my feed yesterday.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-quietly-plans-to-liquidate-public-lands-to-finance-his-sovereign-wealth-fund/

 

[cgasner1]

Yes. Although it was reported it was in question after he smoked a little weed with Rogan .

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk/spacex-ceo-musks-security-clearance-under-review-over-pot-use-official-idUSKCN1QO2FZ/

If you wouldn’t smoke a little weed with Rogan I don’t wanna talk to you

 

[Big Fin]

Please clarify this blatantly false information before we continue any further discussion

Take this to PMs. Threads don't need these kind of sidebar arguments.

 

[more_cowbell]

Yes. Although it was reported it was in question after he smoked a little weed with Rogan .

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk/spacex-ceo-musks-security-clearance-under-review-over-pot-use-official-idUSKCN1QO2FZ/

So, hotboxed when he answered?

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