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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:46AM (#43254494)
They can, but they won't because nobody dares to stick their neck out for fear of losing their job. And that's been going on for decades, the slow dismantling (if there ever was any) of job and income security, to the point where the majority of Americans, including federal workers, are only one or two paychecks away from financial ruin. Nobody wants to lose their job.

Of course, if they get fired and there's nothing else for them to do, there will be uprisings.

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:50AM (#43254549)
> Nobody wants to lose their job

There is almost zero causality in the U.S. government’s hiring and firing right now. Particularly relating to current conduct.

To the extent anyone has received job protection, it’s by getting politically fired and then seeking court protection.

So no, this is base cowardice and a lack of patriotism. Not rational action.

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by hansvm on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:41AM (#43255259)
> There is almost zero causality in the U.S. government’s hiring and firing right now. Particularly relating to current conduct.

The first firings were all people who knew a guy who knew a guy who wronged Trump. With that kind of retaliatory example, do you not think openly trying to course-correct would result in being fired?

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by close04 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:17AM (#43254879)
As a matter of personal character, the people who would be more likely to stand up and shout or protest vigorously in today’s situation are the people which society generally considers obnoxious and disruptive.

So in each workplace most were already marginalized or learned to hide these traits for their benefit. There are way more people in the ‘flight’ than the ‘fight’ camp.

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