| Comment Number: | OL-10511062 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 1:54:44 PM |
| 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:
Placing length of service as the lowest priority in RIF decisions is not only unwise but also potentially discriminatory. As a previous victim of a RIF, I am well aware of how a supervisor can control your life, just based on personality, not performance. My appraisal was identical to another person with the same time in gvt, but I was RIF'd because I am female and the boss did not like women in the workplace. (He said so himself). So, I was downgraded to a lower position in another job series with lesser promotion potential. Meanwhile, the man they kept is now a GS15. Those of us who were RIF'd did have other legal bases on which to file grievances, but we did not, because it was not the company culture. Also, we did not want to get blacklisted. Under the proposed NSPS, discriminatory behavior by supervisors will be enabled, even encouraged. It will be much harder for the employee to prove favoritism since the boss is given so much flexibility in work assignments. He can give the dirty jobs to his enemies and give the plush jobs to his friends or yes men. Over time, morale will decrease in such environments. In this new world, I see the end of the previous culture of putting up with management's bad behavior. More grievances and lawsuits will be filed. I expect that trial attorneys really helped write this piece of garbage.