Return to Article: Lawmakers probe GAO decision on pay adjustments
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As for "Almost all public employee campaign donations go to Democrats", sounds like my representatives (both at the local and congressional level) are doing exactly what I want them to do; eliminate this piece of trash.
First sign of progress I've seen in 6.5 years. I guess sometimes things really do work like they're supposed to.
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The Democrats have another motivation as well. Almost all public employee campaign donations go to Democrats so they have reason to want GAO employees to organize a union. By flogging the GAO pay system they are trying to give a boost to the union organizing drive at GAO. The sponsoring union has given campaign donations to several members of the committee.
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I'm not upset that all workers rated as "successful" didn't get raises. That is spelled out in the intent of the NSPS. "Carrot and stick" is the "old school" name for pay for performance. So saying, by definition only the top performers (or boss's buds), will receive promotions and bonuses. Anything the merely successful receives will simply be salve for wounded pride and hurt feelings; token gestures little resembling the previous step-increases. The money just won't be there, siphoned off for more current and attention demanding issues.
Please note that, even for the chosen, what distribution will be used for the balance of bonus versus pay raise is yet to be seen. Comptrollers and managers would prefer bonuses, since they are still taxable but incur no continuing debt like pay raises do with retirement.
What few realize is that recruitment efforts will suck up a larger than expected percentage of the budget, as managers seek those they feel will ensure their own success using variable starting salaries to dangle as bait. As long as the recruits are productive and not just toadies, I can even accept that.
What aggravates me is the continuing disinformation campaign touted by the administration and most senior executives (whose bonuses are capped at 15 percent) to enlist new, lower, and middle management (who will be restricted to 1.5 to 2 percent bonuses) to hire workers who may not receive anything. Sounds like a new version of the "trickle down effect," only this resembles more closely the water war; much of it siphoned off before hitting bottom. Why are such lucrative bonuses used? Because of the sheer numbers. 15 percent for the limited population of SES is vastly smaller than the 2 percent for the rank and file.
Why not just call it what it is: kick backs to cut the budget.
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