As we all predicted, the fight to delay sequestration has started.
Hey there Sen. McCain.
Seriously, go ahead freeze my pay longer. Not like I'm hurting here from a craptasic dollar-Yen exchange and the fact the State Department has pretty much capped our Cost of Living Allowance back when it was 85yen/1US.
If our elected idiots actually did their elected jobs instead of being worried about being re-elected, maybe they'd realize that they wouldn't lose as many votes as they think.
I guess that would be asking for too much.
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Jophiel wrote:
Pack your own lunch and bring nothing but Pixie Stix and Pop Rocks and get your liberty on.
This isn't a move about being re-elected, it's a pretty standard starting up of a negotiation.
Just as Planned.
Is there some particular reason why congress would rather waste time/effort in finding a work-around to sequestration instead of just getting on with creating a plan to get the budget back in order? Do they enjoy kicking the can down the road?
This is a hot topic at work. We've been under "1 for 3" hiring since the summer (we are able to hire 1 person for every 3 that retire/leave). This is the first year we haven't received an annual pay increase to cover for inflation, usually we get around 1.5% base pay. That plan is currently set to continue until 2015. In our own unit, there were 97 employees when I started 7 years ago. We are hovering around 63 atm, and are being told we must get that down to around 55. The mission hasn't changed at all, in fact we have picked up more mission sets since then. It makes for some extremely long days when you're pulling the work of 2 or 3 positions by yourself.
This is a hot topic at work. We've been under "1 for 3" hiring since the summer (we are able to hire 1 person for every 3 that retire/leave). This is the first year we haven't received an annual pay increase to cover for inflation, usually we get around 1.5% base pay. That plan is currently set to continue until 2015. In our own unit, there were 97 employees when I started 7 years ago. We are hovering around 63 atm, and are being told we must get that down to around 55. The mission hasn't changed at all, in fact we have picked up more mission sets since then. It makes for some extremely long days when you're pulling the work of 2 or 3 positions by yourself.
Jophiel wrote:
Pack your own lunch and bring nothing but Pixie Stix and Pop Rocks and get your liberty on.
Uh yeah, plenty of reasons. GOP leadership needs to hold Unemployment numbers rocky till the election, and Dem leadership needs to pretend to care about the issues until the election. Among other things, of course.
Which area do you work in, by the way?
Which area do you work in, by the way?
Just as Planned.
One with mission statements.
I'm thinking along the lines of a place with management types who got business degrees. Rather than church charities.
I'm thinking along the lines of a place with management types who got business degrees. Rather than church charities.
DoD-AF, Material Command to be exact. Depot maintenance for F-15/F-16/A-10/KC-135/C-130/H-60. Foward deployed maintenace unit, so we are small to begin with. Not like the complexes back stateside that average 17,000 employees.
Just to give an example for staffing; we had 1 person in each of the following slots 7 years ago: Admin, Manpower, Financial, IT Systems, Tech Data/Engineering, Process Improvement, Commander's Sec, Maint. Exec.
Now we have Commander's Sec+Admin, IT Systems+Tech Data, Manpower+Financial, PI duties were split to Quality and the 3 flight supervisors (not working so well), and Maint. Exec duties split between the commander and the 2 maint flight supervisors (again, not working).
We are slated to lose the Cammander's Sec soon, no one has an idea who's going to pick up those duties. Some of the oddball programs that the AF requires units to maintain could be handed down to the technicians, however the unions keep that from happening.
If sequestration is enacted, our unit will most likely be closed down and the AF attempt to relocated our functions to stateside units. That will cause at a minimum 7-10 delay (most likely 30-day based on past experience) in turn-around time for repair requests from active flying units within the region. If it's not closed, we won't be seeing any new test stations for a number of years. Most of our equipment/test stations were developed/purchased back in the '70/'80s and has been slated for replacement. There is newer equipment available, the AF just hasn't purchased it yet.
Now granted, I do realize that congress is referring to all federal employees and not just DoD. However, the cuts tend not to happen evenly accross the board. On top of the fact the DoD seems to take the bulk of the hits when they do come around. Don't get me wrong, there is "fat" there to trim. Most of the roughly 1200 positions cut at Ogden ALC were vacant, and only about 120-ish were actually affected. Most of those were relocated to other bases so those people were given the option, leave or re-located. Most retired.
Just to give an example for staffing; we had 1 person in each of the following slots 7 years ago: Admin, Manpower, Financial, IT Systems, Tech Data/Engineering, Process Improvement, Commander's Sec, Maint. Exec.
Now we have Commander's Sec+Admin, IT Systems+Tech Data, Manpower+Financial, PI duties were split to Quality and the 3 flight supervisors (not working so well), and Maint. Exec duties split between the commander and the 2 maint flight supervisors (again, not working).
We are slated to lose the Cammander's Sec soon, no one has an idea who's going to pick up those duties. Some of the oddball programs that the AF requires units to maintain could be handed down to the technicians, however the unions keep that from happening.
If sequestration is enacted, our unit will most likely be closed down and the AF attempt to relocated our functions to stateside units. That will cause at a minimum 7-10 delay (most likely 30-day based on past experience) in turn-around time for repair requests from active flying units within the region. If it's not closed, we won't be seeing any new test stations for a number of years. Most of our equipment/test stations were developed/purchased back in the '70/'80s and has been slated for replacement. There is newer equipment available, the AF just hasn't purchased it yet.
Now granted, I do realize that congress is referring to all federal employees and not just DoD. However, the cuts tend not to happen evenly accross the board. On top of the fact the DoD seems to take the bulk of the hits when they do come around. Don't get me wrong, there is "fat" there to trim. Most of the roughly 1200 positions cut at Ogden ALC were vacant, and only about 120-ish were actually affected. Most of those were relocated to other bases so those people were given the option, leave or re-located. Most retired.
Jophiel wrote:
Pack your own lunch and bring nothing but Pixie Stix and Pop Rocks and get your liberty on.
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DoD-AF, Material Command to be exact. Depot maintenance for F-15/F-16/A-10/KC-135/C-130/H-60. Foward deployed maintenace unit, so we are small to begin with. Not like the complexes back stateside that average 17,000 employees.
Small world. I've recently been promoted to Account Coordinator over the account that supplies the propellers and their parts for the C-130.
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
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