Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean you already weren’t trying, why should you get an award?

I am trying, but my productivity is diminished due to being exhausted. Also, pretty rich to do everything possible to demoralize employees and then punish them for being demoralized. My team members are in the same boat. I guess none of us will get awards.

Reminder that you just said your productivity was diminished.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Feds cared about the mission?

You give good Feds a bad name.

Non sequitur. This is about caring deeply about the mission, working hard, and then getting only a 3/5 for "reasons." No one at my agency is expecting a $ award, but the least they can do is tell us we did well.

Your productivity has gone down because you have to work in an office like most of America? It doesn’t sound like you did actually do well.

Huh? I worked in an office before. I only had telework while sick. My productivity hasn't gone down, however the workload increased.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Feds cared about the mission?

You give good Feds a bad name.

Non sequitur. This is about caring deeply about the mission, working hard, and then getting only a 3/5 for "reasons." No one at my agency is expecting a $ award, but the least they can do is tell us we did well.

Your productivity has gone down because you have to work in an office like most of America? It doesn’t sound like you did actually do well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Feds cared about the mission?

You give good Feds a bad name.

Non sequitur. This is about caring deeply about the mission, working hard, and then getting only a 3/5 for "reasons." No one at my agency is expecting a $ award, but the least they can do is tell us we did well.

Would you like a gold star and participation trophy as well?

Anonymous wrote:I thought Feds cared about the mission?

You give good Feds a bad name.

Non sequitur. This is about caring deeply about the mission, working hard, and then getting only a 3/5 for "reasons." No one at my agency is expecting a $ award, but the least they can do is tell us we did well.

I thought Feds cared about the mission?

You give good Feds a bad name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At some agencies, your rating directly affects your pay (salary increase, bonus amount).

Who gets salary increases based on performance? If I wanted my 15, I'd need to apply on usajobs and compete. There's no way I could get a salary increase. That's been true since I've been a GS 11.

We were told no bonuses this year, even for small amounts like $200.

They aren’t common but my agency (used to) give out quality step increases for a very select few employees.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At some agencies, your rating directly affects your pay (salary increase, bonus amount).

Who gets salary increases based on performance? If I wanted my 15, I'd need to apply on usajobs and compete. There's no way I could get a salary increase. That's been true since I've been a GS 11.

We were told no bonuses this year, even for small amounts like $200.

Maybe Quality Step Increase. And some agencies do tie bonuses to rating level, especially for positions that are non-GS.

Anonymous wrote:I mean you already weren’t trying, why should you get an award?

I am trying, but my productivity is diminished due to being exhausted. Also, pretty rich to do everything possible to demoralize employees and then punish them for being demoralized. My team members are in the same boat. I guess none of us will get awards.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At some agencies, your rating directly affects your pay (salary increase, bonus amount).

Who gets salary increases based on performance? If I wanted my 15, I'd need to apply on usajobs and compete. There's no way I could get a salary increase. That's been true since I've been a GS 11.

We were told no bonuses this year, even for small amounts like $200.

Not promotions across grades, but instead of steps. At least, until you hit the cap for that grade. Commerce does this.

Anonymous wrote:At some agencies, your rating directly affects your pay (salary increase, bonus amount).

Who gets salary increases based on performance? If I wanted my 15, I'd need to apply on usajobs and compete. There's no way I could get a salary increase. That's been true since I've been a GS 11.

We were told no bonuses this year, even for small amounts like $200.

At some agencies, your rating directly affects your pay (salary increase, bonus amount).

I mean you already weren’t trying, why should you get an award?

I don't believe there will be an award fund actually. So even if you get a 5 it doesn't matter.

To be fair, perfect 5's should be very rare.

How is this supposed to motivate anyone, if there is an arbitrary limit on how many people can receive 4s and 5s?

Why should I waste energy trying to be great when it’s unlikely I’ll receive an award?

I used to go above and beyond, but RTO and other things have already been incredibly draining and demoralizing, and now I have one less reason to go above and beyond.