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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
.... It’s not that hard to avoid getting fired.

Signed,

Former BVA attorney who left for another agency [/quote]

For those considering BVA, keep your eyes open and use your critical thinking skills. If you are on a bad team and they think you are a complainer and aren’t helping you, keep job searching. If you hate working there, keep job searching. If you aren’t getting along with your judge or SSC, keep job searching. They say you have one year but if they aren’t going to retain you, they might start the paperwork as early as month 8. Read the signs and get moving before that if it is not working out for you. Good luck! For some people, it’s a good fit; if it’s not, don’t stick around.

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Unfortunately, management views anyone who voices any concern as a complainer. This is particularly true for those who report discrimination and/or sexual harassment. Be aware that if you report discrimination and sexual harassment to management during your probationary period, management will set you up to fail and claim that you are a poor performer.

Case in point, see the EEOC case about William B. William was a probationary employee who sought a reasonable accommodation for his disability. However, management denied him his request for reasonable accommodation. When William voiced concern about discrimination, management viewed William as a complainer and quickly fired him using poor performance as a pretext. Fortunately for William, the EEOC recently found that such explanation was pretext for discrimination. This is not an isolated case. Just ask the union.

Here’s the link to William’s case: https://casetext.com/admin-law/william-b1-complainant-v-robert-wilkie-secretary-department-of-veterans-affairs-agency

Though William was a probationary employee, keep in mind that you aren’t safe even after your probationary period ends. Management has even forced non-probationary employees to resign after they reported harassment.
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