| Comment Number: | OL-10502902 |
| Received: | 3/3/2005 11:22:51 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:
I am extremely concerned about this new system. My comments are based on feedback I got from some one at an activity who is under this system. My specific concern is about favoritism. What will happen to the employees who are not the "fair haired children"? What about those of us who don't or can't go to Happy Hour? What happens to those of us who can't go golfing with the boss or babysit their kids? From what I see in my own office, the fair haired kids get promoted while the non flunky socializers but hard workers get much of nothing. I'm told by other people under the pay banding system that the "pets" get the points needed to gain more salary while the hard workers get just enough points to maybe get an award. In the long run, the fair haired boys and girls move up and the others don't. What's going to be done to ensure this will not happen? The supervisors who participate in the whole groupie click thing should really be admonished. I believe no one, especially supervisors, should do anything that could be perceieved as being under handed. If supervisors are going to hang out with their fair haired flunky subordinates, I really think this should be done after work and in secrecy. That way, people like me can't see what's going on. Its blatant! How are you going to assess supervisors and ensure the rest of us that things are really fair? You may say you can't help what people perceive but trust me, if the average citizen saw one of your government employees doing something they percieved as immoral, I think you'd be concerened. I'm in contracting and I know that I'm not supposed to do anything that is immoral or could be perceived as immoral. That should apply to all governement employees as well. Maybe supervisors are not unfair but it sure is perceived that way by many people. Thanks for listening. I hope some of what I said will be taken into consideration.