01-24-2018, 06:25 AM
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Originally posted by Mac2017
That's a well articulated response that I can respect. U certainly gave me something to think about. I would only respond by adding substandard employees in the private sector are terminated not promoted or given raises.
But this isn't the private sector - where you have some control over project staff. Asking state/county managers to fall on their swords due to the failures of subordinates and a system that they have negligible control over doesn't improve things... It simply reduces the pool of prospective applicants to the terminally stupid.
I once had a colleague comment that we are in a sorry situation when "the State is the employer of last resort".
The people who could fix it - the people who write the laws and rules - aren't going to risk the effort as long as they know that they are going to be re-elected in perpetuity (with the support of the unions) ....
ETA - and good luck to the aspiring politician who proposes to enact a law restricting public employee unions from conducting campaigning for candidates to public office... Actually, back in the "good old days", State and County employees were expected to do campaign-related work during duty hours at state and county facilities...