| Comment Number: | OL-10512010 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 7:45:55 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:
As almost every person who works in the federal government knows, as I am sure the people reviewing these comments know, that a large majority of mid level and senior level managers/supervisors are not qualified or effective in their positions. How they got in those positions make many people wonder, but they are there. Obviously, there are outstanding managers/supervisors in every organization and everyone knows who they are, they stand out. But now with this new personnel system you are putting people's careers in the hands of alot of managers/supervisors that are ineffective without any accountability. For example in an organization where I previously worked, we had an outstanding division director and very effective division with approximately 45 employees. Senior management decided to switch division directors because another division was having serious personnel problems and figured this would help (our divsion was so effective). Well this director was so bad, it would take pages to describe, but in the course of a few years 38 of 45 people either switched divisions or left the organization, because of thisone person. This person is still there, and this is the person in which you are entrusting this new personnel system with. I am positive any person federal/private can give you an example of a similar situation. What I am suggesting is that you hold managers/supervisors accountable to the employees. Part of their appraisal should be an evaluation from the people below them. If 90% of the people working for them think they are doing a terrible job this should be documented. In the private sector it is called a 360 degree review. This is fair, easy to implement and it should be known up the chain of command. You must put some accountability into the system. Supposedly, part of this new system is to weed out the poor performers, well what about the ineffective managers who hired these poor performers, shouldn't they be held accountable?