This is from a couple of posts on Bluesky from @altssa.altgov.info who purports to be a current Social Security employee. I cannot vouch for this person but this fits in with what I’ve heard elsewhere:
Deputy Commissioner of Operations Stephen Evangelista will reportedly be back at work on Monday after having a confrontation with commish Frankie over changes being made to operations and changes they want to make to operations that Evangelista is almost certainly correct about being bad for … [post one]
SSA operations and staffing. Frankie apparently doesn’t like being told he’s wrong, so his reaction to being given data and facts about why his ideas are 💩 was to call Evangelista a “fucking liar.” Allegedly, of course. Sounds like a guy you definitely want to work for, amiright???? 😑😑😑😑 [post two]
The only information I hear from leadership comes in the form of rumors like this. You can never know if these things are true or not. It certainly sounds like the type of thing that might be true, though, right?
ReplyDeleteI distinctly recall that one town hall where Frank said things would be super easy. Literally 0 people alive took that statement seriously, and lo and behold, it seems like cracks are already showing. If Frank starts being honest about the issues the agency faces, I might even bump up the respect meter from 0 respect to 0.1% respect. It would at least be a start. Gotta start somewhere if he sticks out all 6 years like he promised he totally would.
Frankie thinks he knows everything since he’s a wealthy individual. He takes after his boss.
ReplyDeleteThis lines up with the unions warning today that all CSRs in FOs will be assigned to full time TSC work starting 8/1 as appointment only and “online services” alleviates the number of unscheduled walk-ins to where CS can handle it all
ReplyDeleteGot a link?
DeleteThat is the funniest thing I have heard today!!
DeleteIt’s also on the prior post. Where are they hearing this?
DeleteSounds true as the number of people going into field offices continues to drop and got to realign staff to where the customer is.
Delete849 field offices are very busy in fact busier vs a year ago
DeleteYes, can the original commenter please share where exactly the union has said that every CSR is going to the TSC effective 8/1? Our local union leadership doesn’t seem to be aware of this.
Delete“ Frankie apparently doesn’t like being told he’s wrong, so his reaction to being given data and facts about why his ideas are 💩”
ReplyDeleteWho knows how true the post is. However, this is literally the whole MO of the entire current administration, from Trump down to his lackeys, so I’m just guessing there is some legitimate truth to what’s being said.
These guys may well be totally wrong. No one likes to be told they are wrong whether they are goofy or actually correct.
DeleteGood managers should *like* having accurate, reality-based information, whether or not it fits their preconceived notions and ideology.
DeleteThat turns out this administration, obviously.
The Commissioner is against many policies and procedures that have worked well. The solutions he has implemented have not helped. He does not like telework, yet many are still allowed to do it and/or have ridiculous reasonable accommodations approved.
ReplyDeleteThings seem to be getting worse, not better.
What is the point of your post?..to complain about your fellow coworkers and their needs? instead just keep doing your job and worry about yourself and hopefully telework will return because it is beneficial to all.
DeleteIt is certainly not beneficial to all.
DeleteI was excited to finally discover an “Alt” SSA account. But there doesn’t seem to be much there.
ReplyDelete3.2k posts... https://bsky.app/profile/altssa.altgov.info
DeleteJust a random SSA employee so take that for what it's worth.