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Apparently the State Department is filled with snowflakes.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:12 am
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:12 am
Tillerson Deputy Attempts To Lower State Department Employee Anxiety
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When we initially read this article yesterday our review began with an earnest and sincere effort to understand the concerns amid the career bureaucrats in the U.S. State Department; and also to understand the overall cultural climate that would need Secretary Tillerson’s Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to calm these officials….
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 U.S. diplomat on Tuesday sought to allay concerns among the State Department’s rank-and-file employees over possible layoffs and perceptions of a lack of firm direction under the administration of President Donald Trump. (more)
…After all, this has to be about the eleventyth time either Secretary Tillerson or Deputy Sullivan has addressed these ‘climate assessment’ issues. It was less than a week prior to this latest effort by Sullivan when Tillerson himself was talking to the department.
I mean seriously, how much “talking to‘ could one organization need? These are obviously some seriously needy people. Then again, we’ve long discussed the overall liberal perspectives within the department; so the most entrenched liberalism inside government is definitively inside the Department of State.
These are, as we have always accepted, generational and career liberals.
The State Department is the furthest left of an entire governmental enterprise that is based on upward personnel evaluations the further an individual moves left ideologically.
To encapsulate, the article within Reuters winds through layers of internal employee concerns and ends with the following paragraph:
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[…] In response to a question from an employee about State Department efforts for gay and lesbian couples posted abroad, Sullivan told employees he would do everything he can to make sure everyone is treated fairly, a remark that drew strong applause, one of the officials said. (link)
Nevermind.
Just close the entire department and start over.
It’s hopeless.
I cannot fathom the level of patience Secretary Rex Tillerson must possess to come from a private sector based on excellence and accountability, and yet work within such a dysfunctional snowflake culture of mediocrity and blame-casting.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:22 am to GumboPot
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the Federal Government is filled with snowflakes.
FIFY
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:25 am to Damone
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WTF is wrong with people
Liberal media watchers
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:50 am to GumboPot
Basically it seems to be wide spread knowledge, that if you can land a civil service job with the Federal Government, then you are set for life. You get a fully funded pension upon retirement, yes you don't make as much as the private sector, but the chances of being fired or laid off as in the private sector are astronomical. Even if you are not good at your job and don't perform well.
If government employees were to be held to the same standard of performance as many in the private sector, about half would be fired.
If government employees were to be held to the same standard of performance as many in the private sector, about half would be fired.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 11:01 am to Friscodog
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Basically it seems to be wide spread knowledge, that if you can land a civil service job with the Federal Government, then you are set for life. You get a fully funded pension upon retirement, yes you don't make as much as the private sector, but the chances of being fired or laid off as in the private sector are astronomical. Even if you are not good at your job and don't perform well.
If government employees were to be held to the same standard of performance as many in the private sector, about half would be fired.
It is even more pathetic with State and Local government jobs.
These are low-energy, low-to-no motivation, gravy trainers that get nervous as hell when someone mentions the obvious ...i.e. that we would drastically reduce the size and number of employees and not miss a single beat ... in fact, likely improve, if we dropped dead weight and actually held people even remotely to the standards set in the private sector.
Sure ... there are exceptions.
And, sure ... I've known many smart, capable people that took the bait and got a Federal job ... mainly the "if you can't beat'em, join'em strategy" ... and, the Federal lifestyle ... while having it's obvious perks ... killed them from a productivity and motivation standpoint.
Government employees know they'd likely be FUCT if they had to actually compete and perform in the private sector. It terrifies them.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 11:03 am to GumboPot
They should be introduced to the wonderful world of the private sector
Posted on 8/10/17 at 11:48 am to GumboPot
When you have a job that is not needed and are paid more than you should be, you live a nervous life.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 11:56 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Move the state Department to Mobile Al, the EPA to Billings Montana and the Department of Education to Wisconsin along with all the other departments. Separating them and getting them out of DC. There is nothing that says those entities have to be all gathered there. Drain the Swamp!
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:18 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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When you have a job that is not needed and are paid more than you should be, you live a nervous life.
Great post.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:21 pm to GumboPot
muh transgendered ambassadors
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:25 pm to real
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Move the state Department to Mobile Al, the EPA to Billings Montana and the Department of Education to Wisconsin along with all the other departments. Separating them and getting them out of DC. There is nothing that says those entities have to be all gathered there. Drain the Swamp!
This is actually a great idea.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:27 pm to GumboPot
State is the ultimate haven for elitists. I cannot fathom how much it must get under their skin that Trump is President. I think it's wonderful that such a useless and self important group of people are all torn up over this.
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