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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by xeromal on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:18PM (#42956102)
Yeah, I've always been trying to be objective as possible when it comes to the hate sent towards Tesla, SpaceX, etc from the heat Elon is getting but having lived near Hawthorne, I've met a couple of people who worked at SpaceX and it is insane. I had a really good friend who moved from the midwest with his wife to spacex and she became a favorite at spacex which meant she lived at spacex. He would see her like once a week and eventually they went to shit. I had applied there before but after seeing that I was no longer interested
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by tharkun__ on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:29PM (#42957830)
The only thing surprising to me is how people don't know this.

The propaganda machine must be real good.

Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by adastra22 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:11AM (#42959303)
I think people in the industry know? I went to a SpaceX recruitment event back in 2010, and even then they were very upfront about it. People give their heart and soul to the company, and their turnover from burnout is shockingly high. The recruiter had some nicer way of phrasing it, but it was completely transparent what they meant.
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by spamizbad on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:52PM (#42958011)
Why was this guys wife so important to have around the office at SpaceX if she wasn’t an employee?
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by adastra22 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:09AM (#42959295)
It is confusingly worded, but I think the wife is the SpaceX employee.
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by dmicah on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:56PM (#42958462)
I think he is saying she is a SpaceX employee, and was doing well at her job but working a lot.