| Comment Number: | OL-10500132 |
| Received: | 2/15/2005 10:59:32 AM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
Hiring Practices: I believe this is an excellent change in the policy. I have seen talented people unable to obtain permanent positions due to the current regulations and methods used in the current hiring practices. An example is: Needing to have a certain status before you can apply for the Park Ranger position. Students can be here for years, working successfully and never be hired permanently, under the current methods. Pay Banding: We already have a system that covers poor performance it just isn't implemented or overseen the way it could be to make it work. Everyone available for a step increase doesn't automatically get one. The Manager can stop the increase by contacting the appropriate people if they feel that the employee isn't performing up to their performance measures. I believe that the Manager's can make their expectations clear and measureable in the current system. The employees just need to be held accountable. It seems that many times a poor employee doesn't get the bad review that they deserve so no documentation is available to back up the act of stopping the step increase. These employees are also able to transfer to other areas and continue their poor performance but now they are someone else's problem. I hope we aren't just swapping one system for another. The only downside I see to this new method of 'Pay Banding' is the availability of the money in the 'pool'. I worked in an insurance company that used this method. Several times I saw workers ( I was one of them) who were told that their performance was excellent but that there was only so much money to go around so they wouldn't be getting the raise they deserve. This actually acts as a dis-incentive for that employee to continue to excel as there is no promise that they will be rewarded next time either..