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20 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

The Hobby Building had a major rat infestation.  It was so bad you couldn't leave food on your desk because rats would come out during the workday for a snack.

When my wife quit working in that building, she brought home her little dorm fridge she kept in her office and there were two dead rats under it.

Start with a roux…

 

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what about all the individual agency and division policies for WFH before covid hit?? i assume that's all out the window too... that's really holy shit territory 😳 people pre-covid that had set schedules of WFH one or two days a week for years...

yeah, there's about to be some serious brain drain in Texas agencies, especially in IT. wow.

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Friend of mine works for a state agency and has/had written/official permission to permanently work remotely, would still go into office in Austin when requested (and on his own dime) but that was not super often. Mentioned this to him and he said wasn't sure if it would apply to him yet... really hoping he doesn't get rat fucked by Abbott but that would not be the most surprising thing in the world at this point...

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32 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Friend of mine works for a state agency and has/had written/official permission to permanently work remotely, would still go into office in Austin when requested (and on his own dime) but that was not super often. Mentioned this to him and he said wasn't sure if it would apply to him yet... really hoping he doesn't get rat fucked by Abbott but that would not be the most surprising thing in the world at this point...

We have some exclusions as well, who will continue to be excluded "for now".

The largest population that loses is working mothers. That is the only population that stands out as affected when these wfh policies get rescinded. Caring for elderly parents is another population that takes a hit here, but not near as statistically significant as working mothers. Fragile white male leadership still scared of the female boogie man.

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We have some exclusions as well, who will continue to be excluded "for now".
The largest population that loses is working mothers. That is the only population that stands out as affected when these wfh policies get rescinded. Caring for elderly parents is another population that takes a hit here, but not near as statistically significant as working mothers. Fragile white male leadership still scared of the female boogie man.

I don’t see how a single parent could do it these days the way traffic is
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this thread as good as any in CR for this news i guess.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/07/texas-am-system-chancellor-glenn-hegar/

he was a not terrible boss and didn't come across as a fanatical asshole as Abbott, Patrick, etc... but he's definitely had to swing farther to the right to keep pace which was disappointing to witness. i know he had higher elected aspirations but those fuckers are entrenched. 

bet he'd secretly like to roll someone off a cliff himself lol

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5 minutes ago, mchookem said:

this thread as good as any in CR for this news i guess.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/07/texas-am-system-chancellor-glenn-hegar/

he was a not terrible boss and didn't come across as a fanatical asshole as Abbott, Patrick, etc... but he's definitely had to swing farther to the right to keep pace which was disappointing to witness. i know he had higher elected aspirations but those fuckers are entrenched. 

bet he'd secretly like to roll someone off a cliff himself lol

Couple of friends worked for him over the years. One left in the mid teens and caught up with hegar a couple yrs ago… said he had turned from semi normal to raging ideologue shit head idiot in that period. 

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33 minutes ago, mchookem said:

this thread as good as any in CR for this news i guess.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/07/texas-am-system-chancellor-glenn-hegar/

he was a not terrible boss and didn't come across as a fanatical asshole as Abbott, Patrick, etc... but he's definitely had to swing farther to the right to keep pace which was disappointing to witness. i know he had higher elected aspirations but those fuckers are entrenched. 

bet he'd secretly like to roll someone off a cliff himself lol

 

he'll do as he is told 

i have an engineering degree from a newer tamu school (90 yo college of engineering) and can verify they follow the abbott budgeting method - no money and figure it out on your own 

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Following pressure from health officials in Texas and around the country to address the growing measles problem in his state, Abbott said the following:

 

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1 hour ago, mchookem said:

i know he had higher elected aspirations but those fuckers are entrenched

It started with Perry, but the Governor not moving up or out delays everything.  It doesn’t help that Perry and Abbot are too narcissistic to think anything other than POTUS is worth their post-governor aspirations.  

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The Comptroller is taking over aggy.  It'll be interesting to see which mouth breather Abbott appoints as the interim to fuck up one of the few state agencies that is largely apolitical.  Putting a MAGA disciple in charge of what is effectively the bank of Texas for a few months can't have any negative effects, right?

 



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