Affirmative Action is now dead

[Mr. Deez]

Mediocre and lazy/unproductive accounts for 90%+, I'd wager.

Kinda depends on the agency and the type of employee. Customer service types? Probably so. Among professionals, it wouldn't be that high, but it would be higher than in the private sector and much higher than in small businesses. The easier for the employee to hide in an institution and stay under the radar, the more common mediocrity and laziness are.

 

[Horn6721]

Really sad that there are so many who feel entitled and just want to skate.

 

[Mr. Deez]

Really sad that there are so many who feel entitled and just want to skate.

That's what happens when there's no employment at will and no meaningful merit-based pay. If you effectively can't be fired unless you do something truly horrible (or piss off a very high-level official or politician) and you don't get paid significantly more if you do a good job, then why not skate?

I qualify with "significantly," because Mrs. Deez does get a performance bonus pretty much every year. It's nice to get, but it's not enough money to motivate someone who's lazy to suck it up and put in a serious effort. It's just a nice gift for those would be working hard anyway.

 

[Horn6721]

Wait. What? You mean the wokesters who do enough or pretend to do enough to get by don't get bonuses??
How long before they DEMAND equal money?

 

[Mr. Deez]

Wait. What? You mean the wokesters who do enough or pretend to do enough to get by don't get bonuses??
How long before they DEMAND equal money?

I don't think the federal civil service will tolerate that, because it would be framed as taking away bonuses. And keep in mind that it isn't that much money.

 

[Horn6721]

I do know bonus or not Upper lever DoD people deliberately try to move unfireable fed waste of our taxpayermoney "workers" to other depts. Sometimes it works but most are savy now
YET the worthless remain safely employed.
Mr D this is not directed at the Education Dept within DoD but within the DoD at the Pentagon itself. Good gig for azzholes

 

[Mr. Deez]

I do know bonus or not Upper lever DoD people deliberately try to move unfireable fed waste of our taxpayermoney "workers" to other depts. Sometimes it works but most are savy now
YET the worthless remain safely employed.

DoD does that, but pretty much all government agencies do that. The only exception I know of is legislative branch. When I worked at the Texas Capitol, people who sucked at their jobs got canned (unless they had dirt on somebody). The reason why is that if someone did a crappy job in that capacity, it would directly harm a politician. Accordingly, they don't have the routine of civil service protections. It's employment at will like a private employer would have. Typical politician hypocrisy. If you suck at your job serving the public, it basically doesn't matter. If you suck at serving politicians you're out the door immediately.

Mr D this is not directed at the Education Dept within DoD but within the DoD at the Pentagon itself. Good gig for azzholes

DoDEA has some good poeple, but believe me, there's plenty of waste. Lol. It may serve the military, but it's still a school district run by education bureaucrats. It wastes plenty and has plenty of bad people doing bad things.

 

[mchammer]

 

[Chop]

government cheese

 

[HornHuskerDad]

Just stumbled onto this - Scale AI CEO explains why his company will hire for MEI, not DEI: 'Merit, excellence and intelligence' | Fox Business
I like it - MEI instead of DEI. Hire the best qualified, regardless of DEI.

 

[mchammer]

 

[nashhorn]

Ya know if you take that statement by itself you may think ‘well sure, they’re not hiring a white male for the role of Ariel, or Snow White,’ but of course that is not what they mean. BooDisney, not what it was when I was a kid.

 

[mchammer]

 

[nashhorn]

“With Exception For Men Who
Identify As Women”

Makes me sick.

 

[guy4321]

Too bad Disney was hiring white males when he applied!

 

[Mr. Deez]

Ya know if you take that statement by itself you may think ‘well sure, they’re not hiring a white male for the role of Ariel, or Snow White,’ but of course that is not what they mean. BooDisney, not what it was when I was a kid.

It's not even what it was when I was a kid, and honestly, it's not even what it was when Deez, Jr. (who's 10 years old) was a little. It started getting into social leftism gradually starting in the late '80s and just slowly got worse. But like a lot of entertainment companies, it went absolutely insane after Trump got elected.

 

[mchammer]

Re-posting:

 

[mchammer]

@Dionysus Tweets not loading again.

 

[Dionysus]

@Dionysus Tweets not loading again.

I see some loading upthread, maybe it is just this one?

 

[mchammer]

I see some loading upthread, maybe it is just this one?

Yep. Just posted one successfully on the automobile quiz thread.

 

[mchammer]

I see some loading upthread, maybe it is just this one?

It’s an old tweet that still uses twitter in the handle instead of X. Maybe that is the reason why.

 

[Dionysus]

It’s an old tweet that still uses twitter in the handle instead of X. Maybe that is the reason why.

Twitter links should still work

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

If Elon knows what's good for him, he will prioritize making links work with Hornfans.

 

[mchammer]

 

[Mr. Deez]

Do to these institutions what the Left is doing to the Colorado baker.

 

[Monahorns]

Do to these institutions what the Left is doing to the Colorado baker.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Do to these institutions what the Left is doing to the Colorado baker.

Indeed. They set the rules. We need to show we will play by them.

 

[guy4321]

lol

today I learned it does NOT start for Didn't Earn It

I lost my job in DEI at UT. Here's my message to conservatives. | Opinion

 

[Monahorns]

lol

today I learned it does NOT start for Didn't Earn It

I lost my job in DEI at UT. Here's my message to conservatives. | Opinion

I started to read it. What f---ing garbage. I hope she is still crying at home about it.

 

[Horn6721]

For her to say those DEI policies do not prevent more qualified students from getting in is such BS