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  How not to get fired...
 
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" (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  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)
 
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
(...) I can think of one gov't employee I'd really like to see fired, but he was more-or-less hired by his dad. I've worked a number of jobs alongside sons or daughters of the employer, and time and again I've observed their tendency to, let us say, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
(...) I think I know who you mean and he certainly wasn't hired by ME, not even a little bit. Nor was his dad, for that matter. (...) Ashcroft? Not sure who you mean, as there are so MANY candidates, unfortunately, that fit the description. (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
I can't think of many overpaid Government employees, but looking at a picture of the castle that the CEO of Enron is/was having built made me sick. Everywhere in commercial companies there's a handful of fat cats (literally, usually) who just hand (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
(...) Heh. You're omitting the important part! 8^) You've previously described "smaller tyrannies" as preferable to One Mega Tyranny, and as more beneficial to the flexibility of the marketplace. I have come to agree, and I think it holds for (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: How not to get fired...
 
I'm saddened that it took you a week to respond to my post, and when your response did arrive it took the form of a personal insult. A few days ago you said this: ==+== Slinging names is not the way to keep this debate where it needs to be. Because (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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