Trump, Musk, and Dudek - we will never forget nor forgive the cruel devastation you wrought on the people of our agency. Voting Republican = guaranteed ruination.
The cuts to the Regional Offices and HQ are exactly the reason internal operations are completely rudderless and without direction. Regional Offices were established because SSA operations are not vanilla across the country. States do not have homogenous populations with the same customs, laws and requirements, thus operations must be tweaked specific to these states. This something that can not be centralized or shared between widely dispersed SSA FOs or replaced by Ai. Cutting and forcing reassignments of those positions with highly specialized experience resulted in absolutely no assistance for the PSCs and FOs except for more confusion, unreliable systems and operating instructions.
That explains why they're having time issues with processing my move, SIX months ago. I am about ready to move again. (mind you, these aren't short moves, one was across a SUPER large state, and this one will be across the mainland USA). They're gonna be REALLY busy counting a 3 months of spend-down receipts before being slammed with 3 more months of spend-down receipts. I own my home, so that causes a mess, apparently. Can't handle this on my own, need family help now, so the moves are necessary. They're gonna be overwhelmed when this sells and I move again before processing my first move. In total, I will have moved 8000 miles before I get to where I'm going. So the moves aren't cheap, and there are receipts out the wazoo as it is. Sorry SSA, I can't stop or delay my piddly disabled life for you. I need family help now. d:-/
When I worked as an analyst in an RO, my GS 15 center director once remarked that much if his job was forwarding emails up and down the organization. For the few years I was in the RO, several people's jobs were based on maintaining email traffic and attendance in numerous meetings. It was a drastic move, but much of the CO/RO staffing was organizational largesse.
As one of the leaders who left under duress after being directed to "collapse my organization," I feel nothing. Nothing. People voted for this, including a lot of Feds. For employees who voted for Trump, let them get the employee experience they voted for and the vapid, cowardly, clueless leaders left behind. And for half the public who voted for this, let them get the servce they voted for. This will have to break entirely before the public fully understands what's happened over the past eight months. Good luck..
For those who believe that AI will be able to replace all the lost workers and institutional memory...oh you ain't seen nothin' yet...an even bigger mess is heading your way...
Today, any business and/or government entity rely on email, tele-conferences and even actual meetings to plan and disemminate work plans and convey new policies and procedures. To someone lower in the organization, they may be unaware their executives and their staffs perform these extremely important tasks. The current total s_show of SSA internal operations reflects how vitally important those HQ and RO staffs were for a relatively smooth operation.
Trump, Musk, and Dudek - we will never forget nor forgive the cruel devastation you wrought on the people of our agency. Voting Republican = guaranteed ruination.
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DeleteThe cuts to the Regional Offices and HQ are exactly the reason internal operations are completely rudderless and without direction. Regional Offices were established because SSA operations are not vanilla across the country. States do not have homogenous populations with the same customs, laws and requirements, thus operations must be tweaked specific to these states. This something that can not be centralized or shared between widely dispersed SSA FOs or replaced by Ai. Cutting and forcing reassignments of those positions with highly specialized experience resulted in absolutely no assistance for the PSCs and FOs except for more confusion, unreliable systems and operating instructions.
ReplyDeleteThat explains why they're having time issues with processing my move, SIX months ago. I am about ready to move again. (mind you, these aren't short moves, one was across a SUPER large state, and this one will be across the mainland USA). They're gonna be REALLY busy counting a 3 months of spend-down receipts before being slammed with 3 more months of spend-down receipts. I own my home, so that causes a mess, apparently. Can't handle this on my own, need family help now, so the moves are necessary. They're gonna be overwhelmed when this sells and I move again before processing my first move. In total, I will have moved 8000 miles before I get to where I'm going. So the moves aren't cheap, and there are receipts out the wazoo as it is. Sorry SSA, I can't stop or delay my piddly disabled life for you. I need family help now. d:-/
ReplyDeleteIf you are where I think you are, there are only two employees that work those kinds of cases. Good luck to you!
DeleteWhen I worked as an analyst in an RO, my GS 15 center director once remarked that much if his job was forwarding emails up and down the organization. For the few years I was in the RO, several people's jobs were based on maintaining email traffic and attendance in numerous meetings. It was a drastic move, but much of the CO/RO staffing was organizational largesse.
ReplyDeleteAgree. You’ve got to prune the shrubbery once in a while.
DeleteAs one of the leaders who left under duress after being directed to "collapse my organization," I feel nothing. Nothing. People voted for this, including a lot of Feds. For employees who voted for Trump, let them get the employee experience they voted for and the vapid, cowardly, clueless leaders left behind. And for half the public who voted for this, let them get the servce they voted for. This will have to break entirely before the public fully understands what's happened over the past eight months. Good luck..
ReplyDeleteFor those who believe that AI will be able to replace all the lost workers and institutional memory...oh you ain't seen nothin' yet...an even bigger mess is heading your way...
DeleteToday, any business and/or government entity rely on email, tele-conferences and even actual meetings to plan and disemminate work plans and convey new policies and procedures. To someone lower in the organization, they may be unaware their executives and their staffs perform these extremely important tasks. The current total s_show of SSA internal operations reflects how vitally important those HQ and RO staffs were for a relatively smooth operation.
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