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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors

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150 points standardUser | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 02:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.281s | source
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duxup ◴[12 Jul 25 02:59 UTC] No.44538932[source]▶
>Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, who has instituted a new requirement that she personally approve expenses over $100,000, did not renew the contracts until Thursday, five days after the contracts expired.

Your classic manager who feels they are so important that hey HAVE TO be involved in X,Y,Z but they are not a responsible enough person to actually do the job.

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KingOfCoders ◴[12 Jul 25 04:15 UTC] No.44539249[source]▶
I once worked for a company that had a founder who was cancelling all contracts on a yearly basis, including renting the office. They were proud of cutting costs that way. After two times, the property owner said, "Great! I have a company that asked me about the space and is willing to pay much more" and the company of several hundred people had to move on very short notice.
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chris_wot ◴[12 Jul 25 04:18 UTC] No.44539263[source]▶
Did it survive?
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1. KingOfCoders ◴[12 Jul 25 06:00 UTC] No.44539696[source]▶
Yes, it was very rich, but it did disrupt operations a lot and the new space wasn't as nice - we moved from team offices to an open layout, with my boss praising the open layout - we then found out he would get a private office.