Dale Moss, writing in the Louisville Courier-Journal reports on Ellen McCoskey, Donna Whiteley, Carol Lanham and Betty Denbo, four Social Security employees in one field office, each nearing retirement after a career spanning 40 years.
The article notes that the office manager is begging the women to continue working and for good reason. The sad fact is that under current circumstances when these four women retire they will not be replaced. The loss of their experience would be unfortunate anyway, but when nothing replaces that experience, not even a new employee, some of the 150 people who come into that office every day seeking help may wait in the office all day and never be seen by a Social Security employee. How long will it be before people who need to do business with Social Security in person have to line up before daybreak outside Social Security offices, as is often the case already with Immigration and Naturalization offices?
The article notes that the office manager is begging the women to continue working and for good reason. The sad fact is that under current circumstances when these four women retire they will not be replaced. The loss of their experience would be unfortunate anyway, but when nothing replaces that experience, not even a new employee, some of the 150 people who come into that office every day seeking help may wait in the office all day and never be seen by a Social Security employee. How long will it be before people who need to do business with Social Security in person have to line up before daybreak outside Social Security offices, as is often the case already with Immigration and Naturalization offices?
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