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I must be one of the few Federal employees who actually work 5 days a week. I have occasional training, but most training I received was on-the-job and was expected to pick it up rather quickly. And I did. I know there are managers and upper levels who spend a lot of time on travel, but most of us here in the trenches show up every day for work and have to fit training in around our work schedules. Please don't lump all feds into the same category. Most of us are not on continuous travel. Thank you.
Posted by compliance girl on March 10, 2008 - 07:53 AM
The reader provided such a generalization! This does not occur in every agency, certainly not mind. It's true that senior staff do travel to conferences, seminars etc. But managers on down, what training is available is on-line. If the reader believes that training, travel is in excess, then voice concerns to the appropriate parties, even the agency IG if necessary.
Posted by galway on March 10, 2008 - 09:41 AM
Training? What training? In my agency (Navair), the only training we can realistically access is the stupid online stuff, that only encourages folks to "get thru it" as quickly as possible (vice actually learning). I say, bravo to more classroom training!
Posted by cack3225 on March 11, 2008 - 08:16 AM
Who has time for training? I don't even have a budget for travel, and every day I have more duties to take care of in the office. I don't know any Fed. IT people that travel and train like that.
Posted by barbwire on March 11, 2008 - 11:32 AM
For the most part, doing my job comes before training but there have been times when I take "personal time/leave" to get some training when my organization can't afford it. My guess is that there are other fed employees doing the same thing. We're not ALL bad!
Posted by Not yet being all you can be on March 13, 2008 - 06:57 PM
Sounds like "Anonymous" has some sour grapes ... about what, I would not even hazard a guess. But I wonder if "Anonymous" would like to have an untrained Revenue Agent auditing his/her tax return ... or an untrained Air Traffic Controller guiding the plane he/she is riding in ... or an untrained Contracting Officer deciding how to spend his/her tax money. The most "trained" body of people on the planet? If true, perhaps it's because government employees need that training to effectively protect "Anonymous's" rights and to ensure "Anonymous" does not miss any of the government entitlements that he/she deserves.
Posted by Mike Novak on March 20, 2008 - 05:30 AM
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