Saturday

Taking the day off on leave. Schedule for the next pay period was never posted so, no one has any idea whwre their assigned duty will be for the next two weeks. The Direct Supe used to be a colleague and now is the boss. He has not, however done everythinmg on time. He is a good man. But not someone whop can get things doen on time. That is a problem when it comes to government. He has also said things to staff members that could have, and perhaps should have, got him into major trouble with the Union. I think he is a good guy, but he needs training. He has had none of it and it is overwhelming him sometimes.

Speaking of training. Just on Wednesday I went to talk with another superviser in the site. He, like my own boss, was appointed in the position. He has had no training whatsoever at all. We were going to talk about an evaluation. In fact the employee who was evaluated was one of the two employees we filed the ULP on. Still, we sat down and talked. It turns out, this supe only gave two senetneces on the 4 part critical elements listed. I asked him why, and it was clear that he was embnarassed about it. He had no answer and stammered something about being a "nice guy" and wanting to treat everyonme with a clean slate. Again, like my own boss, I know that this guy is a stand up nice guy. He has been promoted into the position with no training and no practice at all. It isn't right. It isn't how good supervisors are made. They are destroyed that way. Both these guys need training and development. They are good people who are being ruined.

The title link will get you to the Federal Acquisition page. A source in the work site has told that there are questionable contractual actions taking place at the site.