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Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by tobias3 on Thursday April 24, 2025 @06:04PM (#43788003)
Don't do it. Perhaps obfuscate and delay as much as possible that you are not actually doing it. Perhaps get fired. Then go to court for wrongful termination (this would depend on the order being unlawful)?
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Re:NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts,... by ziddoap on Thursday April 24, 2025 @06:24PM (#43788177)
You can't "not do" getting a budget cut. They just give you less money.

I'm also not sure how to just... not fire people. Sure, you can delay it a week or two. Okay. Then what? Get fired for non-compliance? That seems about as effective of a tactic as quitting is.

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