According to the article linked, Trump wants the new CEO to make less than $500k/year. Yet, according to this article from 2019, the CFO, COO, general council & chief nuclear officer are all making well over that. Who the hell is going to take the CEO job?
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2019/nov/15/...
It is likely they will hire people who will only use the jobs as a stepping stone to private industry. They will take the low pay of government to prove their abilities, then jump to the private sector.
So long as it doesn’t become a revolving door project with workers influenced by private companies by promises of future employment, then I think the whole practice is fine.
>They will take the low pay of government to prove their abilities, then jump to the private sector.
So the job of running a $10 billion dollar per year company that manages nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams, and supplies power to millions of people is done by someone who hasn't yet proven they likely have the capability to do so?
This isn't a summer internship at the State Department.
Trump acknowledged that he was made aware of the issue
after seeing a television ad ... that aired in prime time
on Fox News.
...
The ad, Lynn said, had an “audience of one,” aiming to
persuade Trump to stop the TVA from outsourcing much of
its information technology division.
I wonder how many other Trump administration policy decisions can be linked back to an ad buy on Fox News...
This is nothing new. Take a political ad out on a major network it certain to get attention from any administration - even if just to look into the premise.