NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
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Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#2Another knowledgeable person leaving due to DOGE, what a surprise. The US is loosing its smartest people due to Trump. Soon we will be a backwater country with lots of weapons, nothing else.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#3Another knowledgeable person leaving due to DOGE, what a surprise. The US is loosing its smartest people due to Trump. Soon we will be a backwater country with lots of weapons, nothing else.
Yes, but we'll have stuck it to the woke, and that's what counts.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#4One thing I don't understand is people resigning on principles.
If something bad is happening to an organization that I hold a significant amount of clout and power in, I'm not just going to leave and hand the reigns to someone on 'their side' -- I'm going to stay and fight and try to make whatever impact I can.
So many people are just leaving...instead of fighting. Which seems like it's going to have the effect of just accelerating the demise of the organization they claim to love so much.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#5One thing I don't understand is people resigning on principles. If something bad is happening to an organization that I hold a significant amount of clout and power in, I'm not just going to leave and hand the reigns to someone on 'their side' -- I'm going to stay and fight and try to make whatever impact I can. So many people are just leaving...instead of fighting. Which seems like it's going to have the effect of j…
It's resign or follow my orders. There's not much wiggle room in-between, and the lawsuits will probably cost you everything anyway.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#6One thing I don't understand is people resigning on principles. If something bad is happening to an organization that I hold a significant amount of clout and power in, I'm not just going to leave and hand the reigns to someone on 'their side' -- I'm going to stay and fight and try to make whatever impact I can. So many people are just leaving...instead of fighting. Which seems like it's going to have the effect of j…
Fighting a meat grinder or a lawnmower is usually a bad strategy especially with an openly corrupt and abusive government with no checks on any of its power.
People have families and livelihoods to protect, nobody in these positions signed up for this shit.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#7One thing I don't understand is people resigning on principles. If something bad is happening to an organization that I hold a significant amount of clout and power in, I'm not just going to leave and hand the reigns to someone on 'their side' -- I'm going to stay and fight and try to make whatever impact I can. So many people are just leaving...instead of fighting. Which seems like it's going to have the effect of j…
There are some hills not worth die on. There are moments when a retreat is better than a worthless fight, saving people in the process.
I did the same mistake working for a company that went from morally sound to "almost-Enron". I thought it is a fight worth taking. The company went its way, I made no difference in the end, I just stressed myself for years for nothing. Life is too short for that.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#8One thing I don't understand is people resigning on principles. If something bad is happening to an organization that I hold a significant amount of clout and power in, I'm not just going to leave and hand the reigns to someone on 'their side' -- I'm going to stay and fight and try to make whatever impact I can. So many people are just leaving...instead of fighting. Which seems like it's going to have the effect of j…
Mental health perhaps? If the administration is making the organisations job impossible it could be an incredibly awful time to stay. I don't believe I owe anyone my sanity.
Re: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
#9He was already obeying in advance before DOGE got there, but I guess that wasn't enough. I fear very bad news is coming.
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