Yeah I know. Coming from military parents, I’m trying to not judge people too much since i know theres amazing people who serve, but I agree there’s strong maga bro energy in the military and it sucks.

Yeah. I’ve been looking in analytics and it’s awful. Any remote job on linked in gets over 200 applications (“people who clicked ‘Apply’”) in the first day. If you see a posting more than a day out it’s very likely to have more than 1000 applications (I’ve seen as much as 4500).

I emailed a recruiter about a posting recently when the job page on the company site was throwing an error. I told her about the error and asked if the job was real/still available. She said she’d gotten over 500 applications within a few hours of listing it and shut down the posting because she was overwhelmed. I think that’s the norm now.

I’m on the market now and I can confirm the job market is indeed fucked. Especially for anyone location restricted or wanting remote work.

Plus, it’s not like you can just join the military and quit when you don’t like how things are going. Unless things have changed radically, when you enlist you’re signing up for 3,6 or even 8 years of service with very little recourse for getting out (without messing up your career and maybe even your life).

I’m sure for a lot of people working in the military is just a job. It’s a luxury to choose jobs based on personal politics and a lot of people can’t afford that now.

This is where i see additional problems. Govt or no, Aetna should have been way more diligent in addressing any requests for info, and in providing more than what was explicitly requested they are also committing a HIPAA violation. Any counsel for Aetna should have been well aware of the risk of sending health records out and been very, very specific on what was to be sent and not to avoid a compliance issue.

If i was on Mangione’s legal team I’d be preparing a civil case and HIPAA violation claim against Aetna in addition to seeking removal of the prosecutors involved. (I’m not a lawyer but worked in health insurance for several years managing patient data.)

I remember a time when if I wanted to know what my friends were up to I would call their home without even knowing if they were there to pick up. Location sharing is unnecessary at least 95% of the time and I don’t get the appeal.

I know this makes me sound old but I don’t care.