Federal exodus

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fed is so bloated now its ridiculous. Please... everyone start walking out the door. You won't be missed.

This is not true. My husband is a federal worker. He has a lot of vacation time saved up because over the past 10 years he has barely been able to take a vacation. They are so short staffed that only one staff member can take a day off at a time basically -- meaning everyone gets to rotate who gets to take the Friday after Thanksgiving off. They should have 15 staff members in his office and only have 8 and it has been that way for years. Definitely not bloated and lots of important work not getting done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

If they do that, you should report them.

In my agency, our work is very quantifiable so you can't slack off even at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Yes actually, I do.

If they wrote subparagraph 3 of paragraph 77 of section 55 of document 102 volume 16 properly (or better yet, just deleted the whole volume altogether), I wouldn't be calling in the first place.

Well, then good luck to you. Expect that to triple.

If you think Trump will get rid of regulations, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fed is so bloated now its ridiculous. Please... everyone start walking out the door. You won't be missed.

This is not true. My husband is a federal worker. He has a lot of vacation time saved up because over the past 10 years he has barely been able to take a vacation. They are so short staffed that only one staff member can take a day off at a time basically -- meaning everyone gets to rotate who gets to take the Friday after Thanksgiving off. They should have 15 staff members in his office and only have 8 and it has been that way for years. Definitely not bloated and lots of important work not getting done.

My spouse is a former federal worker. And, I would agree that some agencies within the government are either appropriately staffed or under staffed
Too many, however, have a ton of dead wood. That is where the bloat comes in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

If they do that, you should report them.

In my agency, our work is very quantifiable so you can't slack off even at home.

Then I'd say that unless the work-from-home days can be quantified, forget it. There's this one guy who only goes into work ONE day a week, and he was complaining about it. Said he has "a lot of things to do around the house" and having to go downtown every Wednesday takes up an entire day. And this is a guy earning well over $100k.

[Anonymous]

Understaffed federal agencies:

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/05/27/Veterinarian-Shortage-Leaves-US-Vulnerable-Animal-Illness-Outbreak

The GAO said the agency, as well as other components of USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services do not have enough animal doctors employed—there are about 624 at APHIS and 2,000 government wide.

The report said that to respond to a national outbreak, it would likely require an estimated 6,000 veterinarians. The auditors blasted the agency for not vetting its animal doctors and not preparing an emergency animal health plan.

http://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/irs-funding-cuts-compromise-taxpayer-service-and-weaken-enforcement

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) budget has been cut by 17 percent since 2010, after adjusting for inflation, forcing the IRS to reduce its workforce, severely scale back employee training, and delay much-needed upgrades to information technology systems. These steps, in turn, have weakened the IRS’s ability to enforce the nation’s tax laws and serve taxpayers efficiently, as the National Taxpayer Advocate, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the IRS Oversight Board, and the Government Accountability Office have all documented. As seven former IRS commissioners from both Republican and Democratic administrations have written: “Over the last fifty years, none of us has ever witnessed anything like what has happened to the IRS appropriations over the last five years and the impact these appropriations reductions are having on our tax system.”[2]

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/594730/

In a Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general published a report Tuesday, Secret Service employees told inspectors that the agency is “hemorrhaging” employees because of the “severely understaffed” force. This has led to “inadequate training, fatigue, low morale, and attrition,” the inspectors wrote.

“The ability of USSS to satisfy its zero-fail mission of protecting the president and other protectees depends on its staffing health,” Chaffetz and Cummings wrote in their letter. “As the demands on the agency increase, its dedicated employees bear a larger burden. Overtime work and unpredictable hours contribute to already low morale. Low morale manifests in further attrition, and the problems grow worse.”

https://www.afge.org/publication/understaffing-overcrowding-at-federal-prisons-causing-spike-in-officer-assaults/

Understaffing and overcrowding at federal prisons is causing a significant increase in inmate assaults on federal correctional workers, the leader of the union representing correctional officers said in testimony delivered today to the House Judiciary subcommittee that oversees the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

While the number of prison inmates in the 119 BOP-operated institutions has grown by 41% since fiscal 2000, the number of correctional workers has increased only 19%. As a result, the inmate-to-worker ratio has increased from 4 to 1 in fiscal 2000 to nearly 5 to 1 today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fed is so bloated now its ridiculous. Please... everyone start walking out the door. You won't be missed.

Spoken like a clueless person who has clearly never worked for the Feds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

So your neighbors are representative of the entire Fed workforce? Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

So your neighbors are representative of the entire Fed workforce? Interesting.

I've heard the same reports from other people, living in neighborhoods 20 miles away. The abuse is rampant, and if we put a stop to it and actually required people to come into work and put in a "real" day, we could probably cut 20% of the workforce right there.

[Anonymous]

Blah, Blah, blah. Feds are a timid bunch who thrive on routine.. The pay is ok and the benefits are ok too. Very few will leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blah, Blah, blah. Feds are a timid bunch who thrive on routine.. The pay is ok and the benefits are ok too. Very few will leave.

Unless you're at the very top, the pay is great and the benefits are fantastic. Otherwise, why wouldn't they leave for the private sector?

[Anonymous]

Drain the swamp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

If they do that, you should report them.

In my agency, our work is very quantifiable so you can't slack off even at home.

Then I'd say that unless the work-from-home days can be quantified, forget it. There's this one guy who only goes into work ONE day a week, and he was complaining about it. Said he has "a lot of things to do around the house" and having to go downtown every Wednesday takes up an entire day. And this is a guy earning well over $100k.

Report him. If you feel so strongly about it, you should act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The situation (at my agency) is that around 30% of the people are ELIGIBLE to RETIRE and are only sticking around because they like the work and their colleagues.

If even a hint of shenanigans occurs, they will just walk out the door. And if that happens, the shit. will. hit. the. fan. because a lot of these people were in the agency for decades and have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge that they will take with them. That's how I am reading it.

What if they left and no one missed them. Could you cut 70% of the bureaucrats and policy makers and no one would miss them? Don't we have enough paper now to last into the next ice age?

I suspect PP also complains that the wait time is too long when he calls a fed agency.

Well, maybe they should make Feds come INTO work! The people in my neighborhood with three and four day "work-from-home" days laugh about it, while they laze by the pool, go to the movies, pick up the groceries, and catch up with household chores. I'm not saying everyone abuses it, but enough do to significantly reduce the number of these scam days.

So your neighbors are representative of the entire Fed workforce? Interesting.

I've heard the same reports from other people, living in neighborhoods 20 miles away. The abuse is rampant, and if we put a stop to it and actually required people to come into work and put in a "real" day, we could probably cut 20% of the workforce right there.

Don't worry. I work in an agency where many people routinely work above and beyond their 40-hour workweek without getting paid. And I hear similar reports from friends who work at other agencies as well. It's all a wash in the end.