tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post8960544323505308479..comments2024-03-28T19:48:01.698-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Effects Of Reduced Staffing At Social SecurityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-85044252918978374452014-08-15T05:36:49.766-04:002014-08-15T05:36:49.766-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-21745822662322461922014-08-13T14:58:20.554-04:002014-08-13T14:58:20.554-04:00Anyone who works for SSA that reads this board has...Anyone who works for SSA that reads this board has no control or impact on online services so all comments relating to "SSA employees" are misguided and you would be much better off contacting your congresswo/man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-52614135181638144112014-08-13T12:07:35.122-04:002014-08-13T12:07:35.122-04:00Yet again, I must tell you SSA employees that your...Yet again, I must tell you SSA employees that your @#%$ online systems are not the answer--UNTIL YOU GET THEM TO WORK CORRECTLY! When I tried to apply for my retirement benefits, I tried online for 6 weeks before getting access, then a message told me that it could not be processed. I had to go to the local field office where it took only 10 minutes once I actually got to a human worker.<br /><br />My assistant cannot submit records electronically to ODAR about 50% of the time because ERE is down for days at a time. <br /><br />Get the systems to work correctly before you expect that the general public will be able to do their business with SSA online--the systems don't work--even for those of us who are relatively computer literate! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-76331273596405397042014-08-12T22:45:42.582-04:002014-08-12T22:45:42.582-04:00And people wonder why there are backlogs if work! ...And people wonder why there are backlogs if work! How can you get anything done with that many people waiting to be seem, most if whom do not have an appointment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-88977005962280317892014-08-12T20:48:48.219-04:002014-08-12T20:48:48.219-04:00It is true that management seems less concerned wi...It is true that management seems less concerned with the appointment calendar than they used to, but tightening up the calendar and opening more slots just moves some people from the walk-in board to the appointment board. Doesn't change the number of hours the office is open or the number of interviews that the employees need to take. Just pushes them around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-73663175410469885242014-08-12T20:14:51.393-04:002014-08-12T20:14:51.393-04:00The appointment calenders being booked in many off...The appointment calenders being booked in many offices is misleading. Management is purposely letting calendars get way out in the future in many offices where it wasn't a problem before as a strategy to push more claimants into online claims filing.<br /><br />Pretty soon, you'll be hearing employees telling claimants that "You know, if you go online, you can file your claim and it will get processed faster, otherwise you'll have to wait two months for an appointment".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com