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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a fed supervisor is way different than being a good leader.

You can't actually fire someone so how can you be a good leader?

Just my take as a business owner watching my husband attempt to manage the absolute worst people.[/quote]

I worked in the federal government for 8 years.  It was not different than my F500 corporate job in terms of the proportion of excellent/average/slacker employees.

I saw a few people get fired at both places.  Mostly lower levels.  For violating workplace policies and stealing things (computers) to get cash.

When people talk crap about government workers it discourages quality people from applying.

I never heard the expression "good enough for government work" until I moved away from DC.  And ironically it was in the context of the government bailing out a "too big to fail" corporation that had mismanaged its private sector financials.[/quote]

Interesting. My husband couldn't fire anyone. Not even the guy that stopped showing up for work. That guy DID eventually get placed on leave for his second major harassment claim.

He had to find creative ways to get people out of the org like supporting their transfers to other organizations. [/quote]

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