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Not that kind of doctor. (PhD, Computer Information Systems) Reformed software developer. Job: Data science, AI, research. Interests: Org behavior, education, law, economics. Opinions are my own.
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10%: Manage anxiety about the workplace 20%: Manage coworkers’ anxiety about the workplace 50%: Do someone else’s job because everything is backlogged due to incompetent meddling 25%: Planning around the critical path disruptions caused by incompetent meddling 5%: Required training

I absolutely expect things like "you'll be assigned a new office at random every day," "if you don't report to the office you're fired, also that office is closed this week," and "for the next six months your job involves scraping paint off the ceiling."

NSF unilaterally stripped permanent status from both union and non-union workers, including executives, without notification.This was done by a form added to their personnel files. Rep. Don Beyer asked NSF to reinstate the employees and rescind the unlawful reclassification of permanent employees.

I teach leadership and management. This is NOT leadership. It IS bad management. It's intentional intimidation - dehumanizing and destructive. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

NIH advisers have been unable to meet and recommend funding for research grants because the Trump admin has blocked the ability to post meetings in the Federal Register, which is required before advisory councils can meet. 🧪 wapo.st/4hOuZed

The GOP is signaling major cuts to Medicaid are coming. Recent studies have shown cuts to Medicaid have a big consequence that gets typically ignored: crime increases. boltsmag.org/medicaid-cov...

The federal employees of spoken with already are taking this with the seriousness it deserves. And I fully expect every executive to be blissfully unaware this tweet happened.

All across the country, civil servants who worked in the federal government for a public good are risking their jobs to pushback against the Trump Administration. Here are some of their stories.

Fact: Medicaid is the primary insurance for nearly HALF of all pregnant people. Slashes to Medicaid can only mean worse maternal outcomes. Don’t let them convince you otherwise .

The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

$5k checks to all Americans would cost $1.65 trillion. So far, "DOGE" has saved the value of a bag of Chick-fil-A. No, they aren't saving us money. No, they aren't balancing the budget, shrinking the deficit, or eliminating the debt. They're trying to buy your silence.