Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with 'speed and conviction'

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Source: msn/Washington Post

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The Pentagon removed key protections for defense civilian workers and directed that managers move with “speed and conviction” to fire employees with “unacceptable” performance reviews last month, just a day before the government shut down. The new guidelines were outlined in a Sept. 30 memo titled “Separation of Employees with Unacceptable Performance” that’s been circulating through the Defense Department in the last week, spurring concern among the workforce.

The move is seen by some managers as necessary to get rid of underperforming employees. Others caution that the edict, signed by Undersecretary of Defense Anthony Tata, the Pentagon’s top personnel policy officer, is so broad it could be used to fire anyone who doesn’t rubber stamp the administration’s programs.

“Looks like we are all ‘at will’ employees now,” one defense civilian said, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation.

Almost half of the defense civilian workforce is furloughed during the ongoing partial government shutdown. The Trump administration tried earlier this month to fire thousands of furloughed employees, but the move was stopped by a California federal court that found the cuts while the government was closed were likely illegal.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/pentagon-moves-to-fire-civilian-personnel-with-speed-and-conviction/ar-AA1Pn8Ri

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Of course that nonsense violates the Civil Service Act(s).