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121 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 25 Sep \ on: ‘It feels very personal’ — Harvard Gazette science
My sister had a job at one of the big NGOs that did a lot of work for USAID. She ran a program that delivered surplus meds to various developing countries.
Around early February there was some word that they had lost some of their grant funding, but it was one of the really big NGOs and she was in a role that was seemingly important.
A week later there was definite news of layoffs, but probably not her.
A week later she didn't have a job.
She got very hurt by the layoff and definitely took it personally. She, illogically, blamed my parents (both of whom voted for Trump). She got fairly angry with me for no reason other than that I said it wasn't that big of a deal and that she would probably get a new job soon.
Now, if you ask me, there was rather a lot of inefficiency as this large NGO she worked for. Perhaps they were doing some good (I'm a little skeptical, but trying to be charitable), but definitely had a lot of vibes of living off the fat of the government contract.
My sister, a wonderful person and a hard worker, was used to working remote, and never attending meetings with a camera on. To be fully honest, I'm not quite sure what she did for them.
I agree there is a human factor, but I don't know that prolonging the existence of inefficiency is a better outcome. My sister has a new job now. I don't think she likes it as much, but I'm hopeful she'll build on a new trajectory.
but I don't know that prolonging the existence of inefficiency is a better outcome.
Yeah, I agree. But it's often more nuanced than a black or white answer. Something is not either efficient or inefficient. Lots of jobs, especially at the NGO level, cannot be reduced to a simple profitability number. That's why I never thought someone in charge of a for-profit company like Tesla would be the right person to assess efficiency for USAID. Turns out he wasn't.
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Usaid was a terrorist organization
That's debatable~~
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The state is a terrorist organization so parts of it also are terrorist organizations.
Terrorist defined as achieving political goals by force.
That’s the primary job and publicly acknowledged job of the state
It’s not really debatable unless you start redefining language
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