From a Government Executive article on what is mostly intended to be staffing cuts at federal agencies:
… The Social Security Administration is looking to grow its workforce by 2% after shedding thousands of employees over the last 15 months. The agency said it will “hire strategically across our organization,” with a particular focus on front-line staff. …
How can they increase staffing even modestly with what will amount to a cut in the appropriation when inflation is considered? Are they playing games, assuming Congress will give the agency more than what has been requested? Maybe they just assume theyll have money because they’ll get rid of largely mythical “waste, fraud and abuse.” Maybe it’s a complete fudge. Of course, there’s always the question — why did you force so many experienced productive employees out of their jobs only to hire others who won’t really be productive for months, if not years?
Most of those new hires will also leave or get fires long before they reach basic competence. The work is just too complicated for the people the poverty wages attract.
ReplyDeleteWow, where are all the chicken littles who claimed the agency has been “destroyed” now? If they bring back telework there will be even fewer! In Frank we trust?
ReplyDeleteWhat is SSA’s current retention?
ReplyDeleteI can tell you this answering phones all day there isn’t enough money to do that all day! Says a GS 11
Anyone else seeing a surge in problems with insurance and other benefits from inaccurate reporting about disabled claimants? And is this due to staff being pulled to the phones we think?
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