Return to Article: Personnel chiefs grapple with workforce planning, pay systems
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Smokescreens! Commerce holds meetings with the top executives, unfortunately the top executives have their heads in the clouds; they don't know what happens at the worker bee level. How many top executives are unhappy? How many worker bees are unhappy?
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The problem with the system isn't the pay structure, it's management. In the federal service you, generally, have two types of managers: The one's who don't understand the work and want to micro-manage it, and the one's who understand the work but lack authority or desire to move things forward. The government abounds with mediocre managers, and the rule of thumb is that C managers don't attract or keep A level employees.
The federal service doesn't need a new pay system or a new recruiting system. They need to attract and keep superstar employees. The first step in this process is to get rid of the bureaucratic dead wood that exists in management and senior management, make sure that the ones who remain give the employees what they need to get the job done and make doubly sure that these managers "get out of the way" and things will improve.
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At many Federal agencies, particularly the small ones, the Budget process still drives all personnel actions. There's no detailed analysis for decision-making. As people leave, their positions are often cut, and these decisions are left up to senior politically-appointed managers who have very little contact with the functional technical workforce. The personnel office has little or no input in planning the process and are just told what to do. There's no accountability or planning and no evaluation of how to maintain the best balance of skills and people.
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The TSA system created by the HR at headquarters is destroying the Screening staff. All you HR hot shots need to stop believing you own press. I left after 5 dead end years because of an ingrained lack of ethics, lack of trust in senior management and a culture of spinning anything negative into something else. Shame on you all.
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So, the private sector, academe and the federal government all have people suffering from unemployment and under-employment. While great knowledge and talent goes untapped, the executives keep whining "talent shortage". The job markets are dysfunctional all around, hence the opening declaration that this, that and the other thing all have to be "fixed".
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