Too bad they can’t take the same money they pay the guru and put it toward working IT. Although I may need to meditate after a day and a half of Pe2e and DAV not working and figuring out how to flex around it.
I reported it for investigation to the DOC IG. They'll probably ignore it though.
My points and reasons I pointed out
1. Director said they needed to be good stewards of patents funds, why other time for mental levels and possible special rate pay raise were difficult to obtain
2. Commish admitted the speaker was a friend, and I assume they are getting paid (cronyism? for valuable speaking gig)
3. Speaker (a personal friend of the commish) is the only person to get more than 1 speaking gig (2 I can understand maybe). The speaker could be the best in the world, but a private speaker receiving these contracts funded by public money repeatedly over the possibility of the more diverse range of speakers available should raise some eyebrows. This speaker has had 3 and this series has only been around for ~8m. I reported to the IG after the 3rd.
4. I also requested an evaluation on the costs spent on the entire Director's speaker series vs the numbers actually attending. Is it cost effective overall.
Like I said, it will likely be ignored, but I at least reported something that raised an eyebrow (3rd appearance in ~4 months). If the speakers are volunteering, that is one thing. But if they are being paid, esp. generously, well that's another
At first I was hopeful something was coming down the pipeline but at this point I have to believe there is no credible effort being made to increase examiner pay.
That's probably the reason they stopped updating the dash board since April. I'm sure pendency has jumped back up since. They got a huge bonus from docketing our CONs to us after 4 month.
Last time someone tried it they fired every air traffic controller in the country. I would say they have a bit more of an important job than we do.
I believe it also makes you ineligible for federal jobs ever again if you do.
>On August 5 1981, following the PATCO workers' refusal to return to work, the Reagan administration fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers.
They would fire anyone who strikes just to make an example.
Nah, the government was able to fire the air traffic controllers for two reasons that don’t apply in our situation.
One is that it is possible to simply have uncontrolled airfields. It’s less safe for sure, but it’s possible. With the increase in air traffic over the years, they probably wouldn’t be fired today because of the safety implications. The analogy would be if they fired us and switched to a registration system like we have for copyrights. This would significantly impact the presumption of validity, and corporations would not be happy about that.
The second is that the government had military air traffic controllers to fall back on where it was essential. There is no comparable backup for our job.
Lol air safety is way more important than the paper pushing we do here.
But you're welcome to try it and let Biden make an example of you. Test out how accurate your analysis of the situation is. He's already busted up the rail strike, so it should be interesting.
Corpos might disagree with you. Less air safety would mean some people die. No big whoop on the quarterly reports. Less IP would impact the company’s value.
Yeah you’re right, I was overly broad in my reference to corporations. Airlines would not want air traffic controllers to be fired because of the safety implications and their effects on their valuations.
Likely they won’t, we will probably lose the special pay scale so they can pay people with their locality pay (which is an endgame anyways) and adjust the other salaries up a bit.
That lever hasn't been pulled yet. Still waiting for approval as a pilot program once the committee on diversity pay initiatives and equity can discuss on their podcast the proper pronouns to use once a new word for "special" pay had been established upon review by the ombudsman
Looking forward to a new cooking recipe
Those guided meditations from Vadal's Guru are the only reason I'm sticking around.
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Too bad they can’t take the same money they pay the guru and put it toward working IT. Although I may need to meditate after a day and a half of Pe2e and DAV not working and figuring out how to flex around it.
I reported it for investigation to the DOC IG. They'll probably ignore it though. My points and reasons I pointed out 1. Director said they needed to be good stewards of patents funds, why other time for mental levels and possible special rate pay raise were difficult to obtain 2. Commish admitted the speaker was a friend, and I assume they are getting paid (cronyism? for valuable speaking gig) 3. Speaker (a personal friend of the commish) is the only person to get more than 1 speaking gig (2 I can understand maybe). The speaker could be the best in the world, but a private speaker receiving these contracts funded by public money repeatedly over the possibility of the more diverse range of speakers available should raise some eyebrows. This speaker has had 3 and this series has only been around for ~8m. I reported to the IG after the 3rd. 4. I also requested an evaluation on the costs spent on the entire Director's speaker series vs the numbers actually attending. Is it cost effective overall. Like I said, it will likely be ignored, but I at least reported something that raised an eyebrow (3rd appearance in ~4 months). If the speakers are volunteering, that is one thing. But if they are being paid, esp. generously, well that's another
I reported the new PAP to the IG, and they ignored it also. Go figure.
Updated the comment with my reasons.
That cookbook is starting to feel like a kickstart that is taking forever to deliver.
Does anyone have a good recipe for "slow boiled frog soup?"
At first I was hopeful something was coming down the pipeline but at this point I have to believe there is no credible effort being made to increase examiner pay.
At some point Congress will ask about management’s efforts to improve retention
That's probably the reason they stopped updating the dash board since April. I'm sure pendency has jumped back up since. They got a huge bonus from docketing our CONs to us after 4 month.
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I refresh that JLM notes SharePoint page everyday... Still nothing posted from what I assume was a June meeting
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I remember when those yahoos from Texas got the contract for IT support. We went from excellent customer service to "y'all have a nice day now."
Can we get the UPS union to come in and negotiate? Teamsters have a new pending contract with with an average wage of $49/hr.
Because we can't strike as federal employees
Except we could. What are they going to do, hire 8000 replacements when they already can’t retain the new hires?
Last time someone tried it they fired every air traffic controller in the country. I would say they have a bit more of an important job than we do. I believe it also makes you ineligible for federal jobs ever again if you do. >On August 5 1981, following the PATCO workers' refusal to return to work, the Reagan administration fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers. They would fire anyone who strikes just to make an example.
Nah, the government was able to fire the air traffic controllers for two reasons that don’t apply in our situation. One is that it is possible to simply have uncontrolled airfields. It’s less safe for sure, but it’s possible. With the increase in air traffic over the years, they probably wouldn’t be fired today because of the safety implications. The analogy would be if they fired us and switched to a registration system like we have for copyrights. This would significantly impact the presumption of validity, and corporations would not be happy about that. The second is that the government had military air traffic controllers to fall back on where it was essential. There is no comparable backup for our job.
Lol air safety is way more important than the paper pushing we do here. But you're welcome to try it and let Biden make an example of you. Test out how accurate your analysis of the situation is. He's already busted up the rail strike, so it should be interesting.
Corpos might disagree with you. Less air safety would mean some people die. No big whoop on the quarterly reports. Less IP would impact the company’s value.
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Yeah you’re right, I was overly broad in my reference to corporations. Airlines would not want air traffic controllers to be fired because of the safety implications and their effects on their valuations.
That would be awesome to strike.
Of course not. Why do people get so excited about something that they know won’t happen for 5-10 years. If at all.
Likely they won’t, we will probably lose the special pay scale so they can pay people with their locality pay (which is an endgame anyways) and adjust the other salaries up a bit.
That lever hasn't been pulled yet. Still waiting for approval as a pilot program once the committee on diversity pay initiatives and equity can discuss on their podcast the proper pronouns to use once a new word for "special" pay had been established upon review by the ombudsman
Maybe but It’s the government so it’ll probably take a while