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[–] 34 points 5 days ago (18 children)

I take two things from this:

  1. The guys they are attracting are so incompetent that they can't make it through their probation period.
  2. They either are generally incompetent, or not savage enough. One of these is funny, and one of these is deeply concerning.
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  • [–] 43 points 4 days ago (9 children)

    Secret third thing: they never intended to keep them in the first place, and it was a scam the whole time. I doubt 1 or 2 are even plausible.

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  • [–] 31 points 4 days ago (6 children)

    It's not a secret third thing.

    As soon as we heard that the signing bonus was related to a probationary period, everyone who knows anything about how Trump does business said, "Nobody is getting that bonus."

    It's extra shitty if they paid it out up front and now the employees have to pay it back, but none of this comes as a surprise.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    It's extra shitty if they paid it out up front

    It does, in fact, seem like that's the case

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    It's only the case because Trump is using taxpayer money and not from his pocket. If he had to personally pay the signing bonus they wouldn't get one even if it was promised. If Elon wanted DOGE to actually do it's job they would impeach Trump.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago* (1 child)

    As soon as we heard that the signing bonus was related to a probationary period, everyone who knows anything about how Trump does business said, “Nobody is getting that bonus.”

    This is a single instance posted with little to no detail in a thread that loves to promote any kind of rumor of a reactionary experiencing hardship.

    So, consider taking it with a boulder of salt.

    No source. No supporting details. It's just Lefty Forward From Grandma as far as I'm concerned.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago*

    Just a few

    The bonuses are doled out over 5 years in $10,000 increments. Student loan forgiveness (who are we kidding... these guys didn't go to Yale) is similarly spread out. Both are at the discretion of supervisors.

    Basically, these imZmoral blobs are going to get screwed and I'm fine with that. https://bsky.app/profile/zuzuspetalsmi.bsky.social/post/3m3o62kdems2r

    Oh don’t worry they put a bunch of restrictions on those bonuses too, they’re not going to get them. It’s all just BS for recruiting.

    https://bsky.app/profile/zaclivinglife.bsky.social/post/3m3oflejyus2r

    I suspect that the signing bonus has a giant asterisk next to it and most of them are never actually going to see it.

    https://bsky.app/profile/cardboardrevolution.com/post/3m3ppilocac2f

    And the direct reply

    It literally has an asterisk next to it on the recruiting website.

    https://bsky.app/profile/bamamontana.bsky.social/post/3m3qze5fk5c2o

    To all ICE agents. He will be gone one day and you won't have Noem's skirts to hide behind. We are not going to forget and are going to demand Nuremburg style trials for you. Oh and that 50k signing bonus? Never going to see it

    https://bsky.app/profile/tjjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mcfrfg43yn2i

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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

    the cynic in me thinks it's more just that they have impossible quotas. since many of them are coming in with the idea that the country is bursting with illegals, they think they will reach those numbers easily but then find that no, actually like we've been telling you, they're mostly here legally. So they fail to make their numbers, are marked as poor performers and wash out. The smart ones would have put that signing bonus into a HYSA but I doubt their that clever.

    Could be a neat way to wash away student loans. Use the 50K to pay off student debt, Fail on purpose, declare bankruptcy to dismiss the signing bonus debt.

    Anyway, I don't think it has to do with their conduct or competency they got played using the old MLM scheme. can't deport illegals when all the illegals and even questionable have already been deported. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes as they like to say.

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    Don't get me wrong they're def pieces of shit, but a piece of shit with a major quota can be extra shitty because of stress. Like starving and beating a street dog. It's already prone to biting. you just made it snap faster.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Basically just like the Nazi Brownshirts when they outlived their usefulness.

    Now we just have to wait until they do something stupid and then get officially disbanded.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Well, what I want to know is, were these people fired because they weren't brownshirt enough? Then it's just cleaning ranks for the most loyal and extreme hires to come in. This is what it seems to be, since the people being fired are due to failed "background checks" or "poor performance".

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