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[quote=Anonymous]I have firsthand knowledge of life at the Board.

I agree with you that there are a lot of nice and upstanding judges at the Board. The attorneys who work under these nice judges have probably never encountered the toxic judges. They probably share your view that the attorneys who complain or get fired are poor performers and whiners.

If a few attorneys complain,  perhaps these attorneys are the problem. But, when nearly 400 attorneys voice concerns about the workplace, perhaps the workplace culture is the problem.

Heck even you admit that life would suck if an attorney gets assigned to a toxic judge. Yes, the good judges outnumber the toxic judges, and the odds of getting assigned to a good judge are high. But, keep in mind that are a number of highly toxic judges at the Board who have well known reputations for destroying the careers of people they don't like. If you complain, upper management won't do anything to help and will even set you up to fail.

Should the success of an attorney depend on who he or she is assigned to? If an attorney who is assigned to a toxic judge gets fired, would you automatically deem that attorney to be a poor performer? It seems like you are trying to sugarcoat the ways in which toxic judges and managers set their attorneys up to fail.

I agree with you that there are no mass firings at the Board; however, they ARE mass "if you don't resign now, you will get fired and won't be able to work in the federal government again." Perhaps in your view that is not the same as a mass firing, but in my view that's pretty much the same thing.

As for the Forum of Hate, I also agree with you that the Board took prompt action against the ones who were involved; however, are you aware that FOH targeted very senior managers at the Board? Do you think the management would have handled the matter as swiftly as they did if senior managers were not the victims? I think not.

Finally, yes, angry people are usually the loudest. But, when you have hundreds of angry loud people, perhaps it is time to take a look at the workplace culture.[/quote]

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