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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to start treating government departments like private companies. They have x tasks to do in whatever certain time with y money to do it. Someone in charge of the department. If it’s not done, they get fired until someone is competent enough to lead that department. Of course you’d need to give them the power to fire people for low performance, not just egregious offenses the way it is now. Private citizens are fired at will for low performance and it should be the same for government employees.[/quote]

Well if you actually worked in government you’d know that we do have x tasks to complete in y time. As an attorney who handles issues litigated in federal court there are statutory deadlines for filings that we could get in a lot of trouble for missing. There are also plenty of agencies with production type requirements like SSA, VA, USPTO, etc. Then you have agencies that are dealing with members of the public so they are trying to keep up with work in real time. Also most of the higher level management have their performance graded based on meeting certain metrics.

Do you really think people are showing up to work with some loose directive to do some work with no deadlines or standards? This is so insane to me that anyone would think this.

As for firing people I agree poor performers should be easier to get rid of. Right now they get put on PIPs which often means they improve just enough to get off them for a while. I think most good fed employees would be fine with some sort of streamlined way to get rid of deadweight (but hint: a couple billionaires firing 2/3 of the workforce or making government a miserable place to work for so that the the top people leave isn’t going to have this effect).

Also, the x time to complete tasks with y money to do it only works if you actually fund things properly. Unlike private industry, agencies don’t control their own budgets or hiring. They can’t go borrow a bit more money when needed or rely on increased profits. So to some extent the public also needs to grasp the fact that fed workers are doing job that cannot functionally operate like a private business. [/quote]

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