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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved reading JDU. I certainly remember the BVA judge singing praises about the attorney jobs at BVA in response to criticism about management. Unfortunately, I also remember that same judge trying to intimidate people into not posting anything critical about the Board.[/quote]

I would love to know who that judge was....[/quote]

Who knows? I can think of a number of judges who could fit the profile. The Board has a culture of fear and intimidation. But, it's not just the Board that has a toxic work culture. VA at large has that problem. A few days ago, the VA Office of Inspector General released a damning report about the VA Secretary and how he tried to intimidate and undermine a Congressional staff member who reported sexual harassment at a VA hospital. See link below for the VA OIG report.

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-01766-36.pdf[/quote]

What a terrible work environment.  I think the Board is particularly good at taking good people and promoting them to supervisors, turning them into management drones and forcing them to enforce the Board's unreasonable goals.  You can tell when you talk to them that they don't actually believe in the drivel that they are spewing.

Also, given that most of these people have never stepped foot in a legal job that requires you to be responsive to paying clients or trial court judges, its not a job that can give you any marketable skills.  If you want to throw away your legal career, though, this is the place to be![/quote]

Good point about people becoming management drones. The Board has long had a toxic work environment. However, I remember the short period when Carol was Executive-in-Charge. Carol really tried to change the work environment at the Board. During that period, the career BVA drones did a complete 180 and parroted Carol’s message of respect and civility - Carol was brought in by the VA Secretary specifically to improve working conditions at the Board. But, when Carol resigned in January 2017, the old guard returned to their ingrained toxic nature.

Also, based on my experience, some of the worst managers at the Board were really nice people when they joined the Board. Unfortunately, they allowed the work culture to change them for the worse.[/quote]

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