One of the biggest problems we have in the government is that no one can be fired... at least not legally. We should establish a probationairy period of six months, similar to most private sector employees, on all new hires, promotions, and step increases. For six months after being hired to a new position, or recieving an extra pay grade, you can be let go, no questions asked. Far too many govenment employees have risen to the level of their incompetence, and are now completely useless, almost jobless, curmudgeons, that we pay insane salaries to, because we can't fire them. If you apply for and are promoted into a position you are not qualified for, you should be fired... If you can't do the job, don't apply for it... It's not rocket surgery.
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There is a probationary period for VHA employees now.
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I thought most jobs had a one year min period? Our department has a one year for all and one year if you are promoted to a supervisory position.
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There is a one year probationary period for all new federal employees. Read the CFR.
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It all depends under what program you are hired under. Probationary periods are two years for Schedule A hirings.
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Interesting... I was under the impression that many departments use this system already for new hires, but I was not aware that becoming a supervisor, or getting a promotion also netted you a probationairy period in some sectors... If you're allowed to easily and legitimately fire people for a year... How do all of these people have jobs?
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YEs, there is already a probationary period of a year for newly hired employees. I believe that the problems stems from the fact that a lot of employers hire people they "want" to be in that position, and therefore even though the newly hired person is not doing a good job, he/she stays because the supervisor knows him/her and therefore does not want to fire him/her.
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Yes, about the same time the NSPS kicked in, the hiring rules have changed so the supervisors can hire who they want in the name of "selection of better qualified". The managers now can choose and pick whoever they want right off the street if they want bypassing all preference candidates. In many cases, this change turned out to be working against the federal initiatives of getting rid of "good old boy club" in the federal system. OPM, CPOC and CPAC have now very little to no influences and regulating fair hiring rules to hiring officials. They just post job announcements and provide referral lists to the hiring officials at best.
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SSA has a probationary period for new hires. Don't know how long or how it works but it is much stricter than it used to be.
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