Musk states federal workers must report weekly accomplishments through email or face termination; critics argue the policy is coercive and legally questionable.
I loved it. Just the type of move any business owner or consultant would use to get attention. I’ve owned businesses for forty years and one of my favorite ways to open a conversation with a problem employee is to ask, “How long have you been working here, not counting today?”.
But the best part was Elon’s disclosure over the weekend of his real purpose. The real goal of that exercise was to see who didn’t answer, whether directly or indirectly (say by protesting), in order to narrow the field in finding phantom employees. The media (and the bureaucracy) were trolled, and played their part perfectly.
I have an additional take on this: The email while horrific, illegal and heartless, serves another purpose.
They have no idea what most of the people actually do. They can’t be bothered to actually examine thr workflows so this is how they find out what the actual jobs are and get some smidgeon of how any of these agencies function.
I loved it. Just the type of move any business owner or consultant would use to get attention. I’ve owned businesses for forty years and one of my favorite ways to open a conversation with a problem employee is to ask, “How long have you been working here, not counting today?”.
But the best part was Elon’s disclosure over the weekend of his real purpose. The real goal of that exercise was to see who didn’t answer, whether directly or indirectly (say by protesting), in order to narrow the field in finding phantom employees. The media (and the bureaucracy) were trolled, and played their part perfectly.
I have an additional take on this: The email while horrific, illegal and heartless, serves another purpose.
They have no idea what most of the people actually do. They can’t be bothered to actually examine thr workflows so this is how they find out what the actual jobs are and get some smidgeon of how any of these agencies function.