This is affecting our work - our Share point was down for two days while they looked through it for any mention of dei, delaying plenty of work that had nothing to do with dei.
But even putting that aside, now we have many (thousands?) government employees on admin leave, which means they're getting paid to do nothing. And likely will be for months.
And this delayed resignation thing, if they uphold their end of the deal, will cost even more. Especially since many of the takers seem to be people who were going to retire anyway, or "super commuters" that don't live near the office, both of whom were likely on their way out anyway.
That's a lot of money they are spending for no return at all.
I agree, this episode is one of the best. I especially like how we only see it from the team that was in the runabout, so the viewer has no insight into the mystery. (I think they did the same in the episode where the crew devolved, but I'm not sure.)