Updated: 40+ NHTSA Employees Fired Late Friday… Elon Doesn't See Any Conflicts of Interest (fuelarc.com)

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Update: We broke this news over the weekend from a lucky catch on Reddit, but the Washington Post and TechCrunch are expanding on it, citing anonymous sources. They report that 10% of the NHTSA employees have been cut, which would be about 80 staffers, with especially heavy cuts for the employees in the new office overseeing autonomous vehicle safety.

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[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Doing something like that late on Friday is a deliberate tactic. It's to avoid news cycles and / or fuck with the persons weekend.

[-] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's news cycle in this case. Felt like how a looter would fire the department, "wait until nightfall" deal

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

At least in this era of "Roman salutes", we are going back to the classical definition of decimate....

[-] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh NO, Dhork, why did you have to be RIGHT about it

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

I finally get to use one of my favorite GIFs again! 😁

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

So is there going to be anyone left after this? At this rate the government is going to fall apart in a few weeks

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

The government falling apart is exactly the point.

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