OMB issues guidance on Reduction in Force layoffs due to partial shutdown

americanthinker ^ | Jan 16, 2019 | By Thomas Lifson

[TheZMan]

Ooooooh yummy. That’s going to be hilarious.

[bIlluminati]

... the 80% which does 5% of the work.

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So the 20% does the other 5% of the work?

[Tunehead54]

He should have waited about 7 days before posting his first piece on RIFs ...

[Vigilanteman]

Actually, the distribution is roughly 80-15-5. There is 15% which does roughly 15% of the work; 5% which does 80% and the pampered 80% of the drones which do 5%.

If you ever have time to observe the TSA in action at an airport, you'll find this true. The 80% drones do the distraction work of confiscating oversized shampoo bottles and knitting needles from grandmas while 5% (usually military veterans) are competent enough to do the real work of profiling without appearing to be profiling.

Some people would say I overestimate the work of the 5% of genuinely competent people in the TSA, but it is at least observable since I can't claim to know the difference between real and kabuki in that venue.

I was told that by a retired military guy in the TSA who was quite sharp, so begin to watch for myself on those occasions where I had plenty of time before the flight because traffic was lighter than expected, etc.