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Post by Thomas fka Lance on Mar 11, 2020 19:58:34 GMT -5
Leaders anticipate, formulate, communicate Leaders anticipate problems, have contingency plans drafted so that all that needs to be done is tweek the plan to fit the exact situation. Communicate the fact a plan is being formulated, and then what the plan is. Here, however we have, anticipate? What? Who knew? How could we anticipate something that occurs on a rather regular basis across the planet? (Not much anticipation required) Contingency plan? all sorts of folks are set up to telework (who were effectively teleworking until recently when it decided that was no longer needed). Now all that it is needed, consistent with OPM' and health authorities' suggestions, is an email that might take 5 or 10 minutes to issue permitting the prior schedules to restart for the duration. (Not difficult, but nada) Communicate  ? (Crickets) What we have though is no appearance of anticipation, formulation, communication, or leadership |
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Post by bettercallsaul on Mar 11, 2020 20:35:50 GMT -5
It's one thing for management to have a secret squirrel communication (lack thereof) for employees, but there is absolutely NOTHING on SSA's public facing website as of today. The most prominent items are a link for scams and a link to Saul's employee-hating open letter about how he's some savior (completely ignoring all the work that went into attacking the backlog before we were blessed (LMAO) with his presence. I know it's rare for the sickly and elderly to enter our offices, but if I fell into one of those categories, I'd at least like some idea of what steps are being taken to protect my health.
Saul and his henchmen/women should be a business school case study on bad management and even worse (non-existent) leadership. SMDH
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Post by nappyloxs on Mar 11, 2020 20:45:47 GMT -5
Absolutely I can see an entire office closing. Office gets a call late in day from a rep apologizing and saying just found out the claimant who had appeared that day has tested positive. I would absolutely expect the office to close at that point for deep cleaning. You can't realistically make up the next 2-4 weeks worth of hearings in 2 months. Plenty of ALJs will have vacations scheduled in April of May, and may have even overloaded the next month because of that. Moreover, the reps won't necessarily be available on the dates the ALJ is. The thing is, I can understand why the agency might see it as too soon to be talking about cancelling hearings across the board. What's frustrating is that far smaller, simpler things arent being done either. Lol, they won’t even move a bedbug ridden office. Close a whole office for deep cleaning? Those hearings will need to be rescheduled. Vacations for April are already being canceled and possibly in May. You are also assuming that all scheduled hearings have to be heard by the originally scheduled judge, but they don’t. Only supplemental hearings would need to be held by the same ALJ, all others can be reassigned to other judges. It would be an opportunity to think outside the box and implement changes SSA wants to try. Virtual hearings, shared services, 75 day waivers, etc. This is certainly possible, except if one believes it is impossible. Edit: They don’t have a budget for cleaning under current circumstances. They won’t have one for deep cleaning. This situation is mismanaged beyond ..... |
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Post by bowser on Mar 11, 2020 20:58:28 GMT -5
Yeah, but closing whole segments of the gov't will be a dramatic showing that they are SERIOUS about doing SOMETHING! Think airport security theater.
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Post by christina on Mar 11, 2020 21:33:20 GMT -5
It's one thing for management to have a secret squirrel communication (lack thereof) for employees, but there is absolutely NOTHING on SSA's public facing website as of today. The most prominent items are a link for scams and a link to Saul's employee-hating open letter about how he's some savior (completely ignoring all the work that went into attacking the backlog before we were blessed (LMAO) with his presence. I know it's rare for the sickly and elderly to enter our offices, but if I fell into one of those categories, I'd at least like some idea of what steps are being taken to protect my health. Saul and his henchmen/women should be a business school case study on bad management and even worse (non-existent) leadership. SMDH Well some people seeking disability have respiratory or heart issues, some are over 60, others over 55 but with medical issues, hence their filing of a disability claim and we have some retirement SS issues come up. so yeah there are people who have to come to hearings whose needs are not being addressed until CV resolves or at least settles down. And the people over 60 also have medical issues that led to them filing a claim. good points you brought up. |
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Post by Rabbit Bat Reindeer on Mar 11, 2020 21:54:32 GMT -5
Not just OHO either, lots of sick and/or old people walking into field offices too.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 11, 2020 22:03:51 GMT -5
Not just OHO either, lots of sick and/or old people walking into field offices too. Yes, the employees in the field offices are on the front lines. What are TPTB doing to protect them? And what are TPTB doing to protect the members of the public who enter our facilities? Hopefully more is going on behind the scenes than what we know. Pixie |
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Post by nappyloxs on Mar 11, 2020 22:08:07 GMT -5
It's one thing for management to have a secret squirrel communication (lack thereof) for employees, but there is absolutely NOTHING on SSA's public facing website as of today. The most prominent items are a link for scams and a link to Saul's employee-hating open letter about how he's some savior (completely ignoring all the work that went into attacking the backlog before we were blessed (LMAO) with his presence. I know it's rare for the sickly and elderly to enter our offices, but if I fell into one of those categories, I'd at least like some idea of what steps are being taken to protect my health. Saul and his henchmen/women should be a business school case study on bad management and even worse (non-existent) leadership. SMDH Well some people seeking disability have respiratory or heart issues, some are over 60, others over 55 but with medical issues, hence their filing of a disability claim and we have some retirement SS issues come up. so yeah there are people who have to come to hearings whose needs are not being addressed until CV resolves or at least settles down. And the people over 60 also have medical issues that led to them filing a claim. good points you brought up. Great points! And many of those claimants could be paid on the record with updated records. Suspend hearings, could identifies these and open hearings slots for those that are postponed. NBA will likely make up some of the postponed games, but it’s Commissioner is an attorney. |
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Post by Rabbit Bat Reindeer on Mar 11, 2020 22:24:51 GMT -5
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Post by christina on Mar 11, 2020 22:48:00 GMT -5
I read second article. It’s great. I recommend anyone who comes down with cv to read it |
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Post by Pixie on Mar 12, 2020 5:26:51 GMT -5
Here is a quote that summarizes the first article: When you’re done reading the article, this is what you’ll take away:
The coronavirus is coming to you.
It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly.
It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two.
When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed.
Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways.
Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die.
They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies.
The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.
That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
As a politician, community leader or business leader, you have the power and the responsibility to prevent this.
You might have fears today: What if I overreact? Will people laugh at me? Will they be angry at me? Will I look stupid? Won’t it be better to wait for others to take steps first? Will I hurt the economy too much? But in 2–4 weeks, when the entire world is in lockdown, when the few precious days of social distancing you will have enabled will have saved lives, people won’t criticize you anymore: They will thank you for making the right decision.
I am generally not an alarmist, but I see what has happened in other countries and know that will happen here as well. SSA management (not leaders) will continue to keep their collective heads buried in the sand until they are hit square in the face with an insurmountable problem. By then it likely will be too late. Pixie |
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Post by christina on Mar 12, 2020 6:36:46 GMT -5
nylawyer, how is the attorney in ny doing? I can’t find any news articles that update his condition
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Post by hopefalj on Mar 12, 2020 7:40:48 GMT -5
Here is a quote that summarizes the first article: When you’re done reading the article, this is what you’ll take away:
The coronavirus is coming to you.
It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly.
It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two.
When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed.
Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways.
Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die.
They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies.
The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.
That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
As a politician, community leader or business leader, you have the power and the responsibility to prevent this.
You might have fears today: What if I overreact? Will people laugh at me? Will they be angry at me? Will I look stupid? Won’t it be better to wait for others to take steps first? Will I hurt the economy too much? But in 2–4 weeks, when the entire world is in lockdown, when the few precious days of social distancing you will have enabled will have saved lives, people won’t criticize you anymore: They will thank you for making the right decision.
I am generally not an alarmist, but I see what has happened in other countries and know that will happen here as well. SSA management (not leaders) will continue to keep their collective heads buried in the sand until they are hit square in the face with an insurmountable problem. By then it likely will be too late. Pixie I'm interested to see what happens when someone in Woodlawn comes down with it. Right now it's mostly a west coast and NY thing, so it's easy for the PTB to ignore. Once someone in HQ gets it and brings it into the building, though... |
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Post by tiberiustribble on Mar 12, 2020 7:48:44 GMT -5
I sent an email to the PTB in our office saying I was going to start implementing things to protect myself - like telling reps not to bring in sick claimants, that I would grant any continuance request based on illness, etc. And I asked questions like - what if we have a claimant sick in the waiting room coughing? Are we going to change the way the hearing rooms and waiting room is cleaned? And more. It was NOT met well. Actually it was stonewalled with "nothing changes until HQ says so. But see our CDC poster here on washing your hands."
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Post by harp on Mar 12, 2020 7:53:25 GMT -5
The fact that the NBA has shown more leadership than the Agency or the administration is pretty alarming, to be honest.
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Post by nylawyer on Mar 12, 2020 7:55:09 GMT -5
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Post by christina on Mar 12, 2020 8:04:02 GMT -5
Glad to hear. Will read article. Thx! |
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Post by nylawyer on Mar 12, 2020 8:07:33 GMT -5
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Post by phoenixrisingALJ on Mar 12, 2020 8:43:04 GMT -5
Does anyone know anything about the author of these articles and/or the news source? I have seen so many articles that sound fact based just to find out it is not.
I’m referencing articles higher up on this thread - specifically the one from a news source called ... Medium... no info on the author or his data sources appears listed.
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Post by nylawyer on Mar 12, 2020 9:20:07 GMT -5
Does anyone know anything about the author of these articles and/or the news source? I have seen so many articles that sound fact based just to find out it is not. I’m referencing articles higher up on this thread - specifically the one from a news source called ... Medium... no info on the author or his data sources appears listed. With regard to the author of the medium article, here is his profile- medium.com/@tomaspueyoSo, yeah. But I'd think that most if not all of the people on this site would know to take anything like that article with an enormous grain of salt. Perhaps a spoonful. |
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