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Subject: 
How not to get fired...
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:11:06 GMT
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Work for the US Federal Government, that's how!

"Federal personnel data shows that just 434 civilian federal workers were
fired for poor performance in 2001." (well under 1 in a thousand... not
surprising since 98%+ get "fully satisfactory" performance ratings)

from a Cato Institute screed on the Fox News site:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,69557,00.html



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  Re: How not to get fired...
 
(...) Are you saying people should get fired just to meet some sort of Quota? What I want to know is who elected the politicians who oversee this mess?! ;) (...) particularly what money is available for staff training/development, salaries and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
(...) fired (compared to how for profit businesses where employee performance presumably matters) is not the same thing as suggesting that there ought to be a quota(1) on how many people get fired a year in government. The point is that US (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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