I hope you see this response, Army MP. I am an Army veteran and a retired federal employee. When I worked at Fort Meade it was my goal to HELP soldiers and make their lives easier when they processed in/out of Fort Meade. Some of my co-workers embarrassed me. People like this employee give us a bad name we do not all deserve. I can't think of anything bad enough to do to him that satisfies me. I will be putting a fraud alert on my credit record also.
Hello Jolanta. I meant no offense to you of course. I know my comment was broad and stereotypical. I also know there must certainly be dedicated and conscientious general schedule employees. Unfortunately, my opinion - based on 22+ years of direct interaction with DA civilians, at least - is that the average GS employee has been promoted way beyond their potential. There is a tremendous level of institutionalized incompetence within the GS system, exasperated by the bureaucratic near impossibility to fire a federal employee. In my opinion this problem goes all the way back to FDR and the 'New Deal' when we came closer to becoming a socialist society than we ever will again. After 9/11 our president tried to remedy this - but of course he met staunch resistance from the demofacsists. My general impression of GS employee is that they wish to get as much pay and benefit as they can for as little effort as possible - hence my snide comment about this guy taking work home with him. Not only is it not allowed... I just think the laws of probability lean toward he wasn't a conscientious employee taking work home to catch up on. Since you are part of the FReeper community - I must certainly conclude you are an exception to my stereotypical opinion, as you are engaged in endeavoring to make a difference ... a character trait I have not observed in the average GS employee I have interacted with. Thanks for your service, and my humblest apology if I offended you.