Octopus Overlords

Will Hit 30 years as a RN this year in May at age 54. Will be looking to retire at 57 in 3 more years if everything goes to plan and then likely just work PRN jobs from time to time.

Skinypupy wrote:.Remember, the goal here is to actively cause agencies to fail...the more spectacularly the better. Competent leadership would go directly against that goal.

I’m still clinging to hope that my agency is the one agency they don’t want to fail.

RunningMn9 wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:47 pm

Lassr wrote:They can get candidates off the street to fill the position. Word was that selection was made to replace our CFO and it was from outside the agency, but the selection got canceled when trump rescinded all gov employment offers and started the hiring freeze. Right now our Deputy CFO is acting but she's not a SES.

Who can direct hire that high? I can only speak to where I am, but anything at a GS-13 or higher equivalent has to be filled competitively and someone from the street is almost certainly never getting past the “I submitted a package” stage.

I’m not saying it’s impossible to happen, as it seems to have happened in your org. But it’s incredibly rare.

And for good reason - it’s to stop people from just appointing / hiring loyalists.

It could have been someone within another gov agency, I'm not sure since the name was never released. I just know they were from outside NASA. The procurement SES at HQ came from DOD and she has everything Fucked up royally. Instead of taking the most efficient method to fund a contract (my method which is the reason I got my Silver Snoopy award), She wants to do things the most inefficient means possible...,must be a DOD thing. But I digress....

RunningMn9 wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:38 pm

Skinypupy wrote:.Remember, the goal here is to actively cause agencies to fail...the more spectacularly the better. Competent leadership would go directly against that goal.

I’m still clinging to hope that my agency is the one agency they don’t want to fail.

That's what we keep saying also, although SLS is not looking good. Probably be funneling money to musk and SpaceX

Lassr wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:31 am

RunningMn9 wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:38 pm

Skinypupy wrote:.Remember, the goal here is to actively cause agencies to fail...the more spectacularly the better. Competent leadership would go directly against that goal.

I’m still clinging to hope that my agency is the one agency they don’t want to fail.

That's what we keep saying also, although SLS is not looking good. Probably be funneling money to musk and SpaceX

Boeing informs employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts

The question is whether Musk will stick with SLS through Artemis II and III. Highly unlikely to fly any missions beyond those two.