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Originally Posted by Monkei
Have you ever been a supervisor or manager for a federal agency? It takes paperwork and a well documented case but getting rid of a federal employee is not the work of god or a hell freezes over moment.
If getting rid of bad employees is so easy in the private sector why do I meet so many of them with attitudes throughout the week?
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It is not easy to get rid of bad employees in either the private or public sector, especially if they are union. That statement is not meant as anti union but based on experience. I spent some time as a union officer and saw cases where someone really deserved to be fired but the NLRB would almost always rule in our unions favor by saying "progressive" discipline had not been applied. Friends that worked for the state of CT experienced the same. Salary workers had less protection in the private sector.
Back in CT one of the things I really did not like hearing was during a snowstorm whatever governor we had would come out and say that non-essential state workers did not have to report to work. Really! To me that really sounded kind of de-meaning to be telling people they are non-essential. Never understood the need for that phrase.