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2011-08-18 Home Front: Politix

Project Gunwalker: ATF - Promotions weren't Promotions

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Posted by Sherry 2011-08-18 12:26|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 bullshit

reassigned to a position within the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations

would be like putting a criminal in the DA's office

Posted by Frank G on the road 2011-08-18 12:50|| 2011-08-18 12:50|| Front Page Top

#2 No, this actually makes more sense. When I went to bureaucrats' school (I did, honest), one of the techniques recommended when you had a highly placed manager who was an embarassment for whatever reason, was to move them laterally to a position where they couldn't do anymore harm, like Ass't Director for Special Projects - meaning count paper clips and keep your damn head down.

Posted by Mercutio 2011-08-18 14:09|| 2011-08-18 14:09|| Front Page Top

#3 And if you want to keep an eye on a weak link, what better dept to put him in than the headhunters? Just 'cause he has a "position" there, doesn't mean he actually has a job.

Posted by Mercutio 2011-08-18 14:11|| 2011-08-18 14:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Spinmeisters.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-08-18 15:42|| 2011-08-18 15:42|| Front Page Top

#5 When I went to bureaucrats' school

The things one can study! Very cool, Mercutio. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2011-08-18 22:34|| 2011-08-18 22:34|| Front Page Top

#6 If you have a highly placed manager "who is an embarrassment for any reason", why is said manager still employed? If that position to which they've been Limogered* is paid at all, it should be a significant pay cut.

One of the bosses in the company I worked for (way back in the 70s) was a former Chicago City Hall Payroller. We'll call this fellow Ricky. Ricky's patron had gotten the boot, and at 27, Ricky's resume said he'd worked for the Chicago Dept of (something or other). What that really meant is that he'd sat with his feet on his desk when he showed up at all. Ricky's incompetence cost the company a bundle. He got demoted to salesman at a damaged goods outlet store.

*Limogere (verb, French; courtesy of JFM) In WWI, France discovered that they had so many generals who didn't know what end of the gun was up that they sent a batch of them to "protect" Limoges, which was way behind enemy lines and where their incompetence couldn't do any further damage.

Posted by mom 2011-08-18 22:45|| 2011-08-18 22:45|| Front Page Top

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