He did require those department head recommendations.
What I was trying to say is that the processes in the different departments require certain steps to make changes and those can be “slow walked” to prevent or disrupt the changes from occurring or limit the impact by “process owners” etc.
“oh sorry this has to be rewritten you forgot about policy xyz and you misspelled these words and the font is 10 vs 12 per procedure it needs to be 12” etc
While there is a reason for this stuff - I work a lot of QA so I deal with regulated process change a ton - it’s an 80/20 thing where we can go back and fix the 20 but we need the 80 NOW! Perfection is the enemy of the good.
If a large number of these folks are now out of the way then the implementation of the recommendations for personnel changes, process and policy changes, etc becomes much easier to complete.
So even if the RIF doesn’t happen the processes and policy changes that could lead to later reductions could be put in place more quickly during the shut down.
And to be fair - the majority of these disruptors may not even mean to be disruptors. In many cases they have a certain job to do and are trying to ensure it’s done correctly. However, as reported there are those that are intentionally disrupting as well.
I’ve seen it in business - it’s the whole “who moved my cheese” thing in change management. I had one place where I had to completely redo everything. The only way I finally got through to the different stake holders was to take copies of the procedures in front of everyone involved and shred them in the meeting room. Then I said “Now that is all gone it’s in the past. Today we can do anything we want and we start from scratch.” Some didn’t know what to do after that they were nearly in tears - the existing process was all they knew. Others were cheering they had been trying to change things for years.
Reply to Posts 1328, 1309, 1283, 1351, & 1383 on 1/16/2019
Regarding the possibility of an RIF after 30 days Furlough.
This is taken from the National Treasury Workers Union Email cited previously.
“We are in a lapse in appropriations furlough. At the end of your 30-day furlough notice, you will receive a second furlough notice. Administrative furloughs have a definite duration, unlike lapse in appropriations furloughs, and are taken based of lack of funds or work. OPM’s regulations require that agencies use RIF procedures for administrative furloughs lasting more than 30 days.”
“You will receive a second furlough notice...”
Hummm...maybe if the second notice is a notice of an Administrative furlough that will last more than 30 days based on the earlier requirement that department heads draw up plans for reorganizations....
We are within 4 days of 30 days of furlough and will not have long to see how this plays out. It would require 30 more days of furlough followed by notification of an RIF, determination of affected individuals, followed by 180 days to find other openings, etc. We will see.