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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An increase in the quota will happen irrespective of any reductions in staffing.  The way the union has told the story, for the past couple of years leadership has sought an increase in the quota, but was unwilling to bargain with the union and ended up just keeping the current quota.  We are now effectively without union protection, so leadership will have its way.

I was at the Board when the quota went from 2.25/week to 3.25/week in FY17 or FY18.  Chairman Mason testified with a straight face at a Congressional hearing that, to tackle the backlog, the Board was simply asking attorneys to write an extra decision each week.  The only advice we were given on how to actually do that was, "Write shorter decisions."

It's going to be up to attorneys to figure out how to change their work habits and style to meet the new quota.  It will probably involve things that make the attorney uncomfortable because they will mean doing less for the Veteran in each case.

Of course, the hard truth is that attorneys will need their VLJ to be on board with any changes they intend to make.  If you think that your VLJ will refuse to accept a new normal, then it may be time to start thinking about a career change.[/quote]

The thing about the quota going up in 2017 is that we got prorations for leave.  We never had any credit for leave until then. Prior to 2017 if you took leave, you have to make up all the cases for the time that you were out. There was no point in taking leave because you had to kill yourself to make up the cases.

The only thing that stopped your quota from accruing was FMLA.[/quote]

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