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return2ozma@lemmy.worldBanned from community to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Did Elon Musk write the federal worker buyout email?

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Did Elon Musk write the federal worker buyout email?

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return2ozma@lemmy.worldBanned from community to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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The buyout offer that just went out to millions of US federal workers has the subject line, “Fork in the Road,” which is the same subject line Musk used when he gave his “extremely hardcore” ultimatum to Twitter employees in 2022. While it’s unclear if he was involved in the creation of this new email, Musk himself seems to at least be in on the reference. [Link: Fork in the Road | https://www.opm.gov/fork | opm.gov]
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    Of course Elon and Trump, who represent the worst of America, have the audacity to say:

    The federal workforce should be comprised of the best America has to offer.

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      Except the US government doesn’t have stock options to offer in lieu of salary.

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        They sort of do, just under a different name: Government Bonds

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          No, bonds are a distinctly different asset class, specifically, with a fixed rate of return and maturity period.

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    Elon wants only “hardcore” federal workers so that he can lead them into barely surviving.

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    Of course President Musk wrote the email. Who else would?

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    This is a scoop from Ken Klippenstein.

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    You could have a lot of fun with email spoofing replies to that email.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Nx3GtV5kc

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