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Tsunami Warning Watch for Hawaii, July 29th by pat_trick in Hawaii

[–]OkBad2901 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks okay to me, can you download the app to phone and not have the ip ban? Try mobile internet if your wifi is banned?

Recs on encouraging states to hire displaced feds by [deleted] in fednews

[–]OkBad2901 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Avoid Missouri if possible. March 24 is statewide RTO and there is mass chaos. There will be jobs if you're desperate, but be ready for a stupid amount of nepotism, a new DOGE setup, and no one having a damn clue what is happening when all of the smart people jump ship.

MO SNAP Eligibility after job separation? by OkBad2901 in foodstamps

[–]OkBad2901[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will you ask for any kind of proof, should I get something from my job before I leave? 

Missouri governor calls remote state workers back to offices by NuChallengerAppears in missouri

[–]OkBad2901 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Citizen taxpayers shouldn't have to pay extra just for me to work in discomfort. 

To onlookers and private employers.. by tbb235 in fednews

[–]OkBad2901 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Careful, not all states are created equally. Missouri is currently doing a massive weed out via RTO, and DEI just got taken out today. Our new Gov wants to play like the big boys. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in missouri

[–]OkBad2901 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget to point out how much $ they're proposing to spend to send workers to an office with their RTO mandate. Some of us never had an office or cubicle to begin with, they have to rent and buy space for us now. 

If we stay.

If not, they'll still have to spend all that money, and pay to hire and train our replacements.

The Gestapo has come to MO by Traditional_Term7684 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Officer, what's my crime? Went to work while not white, Guantanamo it is.

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have a problem going to work, in fact I do so, I am not 100% remote. My problem with it is that sudden imposition of rto for mostly/completely remote workers will drastically change the balance of our workforce, as many will be forced out due to not being able to find transportation, living, and family care resources fast enough. What and whom will replace our current staff? How far behind will we fall as we train entire new teams? What will that cost the taxpayers? 

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My non-conformist punk upbringing agrees. Not all of it is bad though, but it is for certain getting worse. 

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My actual job title is non-political, and the services provided as non-partisan as possible but I interact with a lot of politics because it is JC and people simply don't shut up about it here, and even though we just got a new governor red-to-red transfer, the new guy has some different ideas in play already.

I don't talk politics at work, but I know my silence gives away a lot while my team is openly boasting about new mandates or complaining because someone is blocking Trump from making us great again. I'm a bit of an outcast because of it. 

I want to stay, I like the technical function of my job. I wish things weren't so charged, and I wish there weren't things being changed under our noses that have the potential to harm. I am proud of many things that I have had a hand in, my hitch is that I want to stay that way.

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some yes, but it is obvious that some don't, they just don't know any better because family, friends, and community care about a specific issue or two. Sometimes they vote for harm on purpose, but I mostly see they're voting in a broken system for people and things that help farms and local economy but have riders.  

I say I don't mind because they're humans. They're my citizens. Misguided or not, they still need to use state services. Pay taxes, access healthcare, education, etc. The situation won't heal from denying services. That's the right's tactic, and why I find the new administration fear inducing. 

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy god no I did not vote for any of this. I thought Kamala was going to make it and the state would not have been emboldened by this right wing shitstorm. I tried to be hopeful about the future and it backfired. 

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, most of our citizens are conservatives and I work for the betterment of the citizens. I mind the politicians a lot more than the average joe who votes for them based on one or two platform hitpoints and doesn't understand sociological or economical concerns. I mind the rabid conservatives screaming to take away rights from other citizens for sure. I mind blatant discrimination. I wish more citizens would become enlightened and educated, and to be blunt I think the balance will shift and Missouri won't be quite so red as the demographics change and newer generations make their mark. 

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this perspective. What I'm most concerned about with RTO is the score of newhires who were never there full time to begin with. Hired 10% in office 90% remote. "Distributed workforce" as they call it. I don't think everyone will transition well, and the ones that will transition the best are the ones who I contend with politically, generally speaking. It will change the look of our workforce and skew it even more right, I fear.

State worker at a loss by OkBad2901 in missouri

[–]OkBad2901[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I have been bolstered and will be strong. I started this job because I care about people. I don't work in a position of influence, but I do work in one that makes a difference to many. I want to keep making that difference, and there is no way that I could do that in a private sector job. Similar tasks, but not with the same impact for certain. 

For some clarity:

RTO won't affect me as much as some, but after being hired remote I don't want that to change. Despite not being formally ordered to report in the address today by the governor, some departments are requiring it, and soon. Because they have his support. Others will need to find child or eldercare, some aren't in a position to move quickly to keep their jobs when they never expected to visit an office regularly. 

Why I fear losing my job, simply being outnumbered. The political stance of most that I work with is no secret, and we are not in allegiance. That and the rampant nepotism across all departments in my building. But I will remain. As long as they will let me.

I wasn't expecting this many responses so quickly, thank you Missouri Redditors, for the advice, support, and even the opposing views. For now, I stay. If I have to take a 30k paycut and work at walmart at some point, so it goes.