Iraq and Afghanistan - Waste and fraud

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Surprise, the government has fine employee unions already.



Barney

And they keep getting better as we crush them.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Charles

Well, that wasn't quite as irritating as Jagger singing "I'm a monkey", but it doesn't give up much.

Chas

There's just no accounting for taste in music.

Regards,

D-Ray

[epifanatic]

WTF happened to, "Mission Accomplished"?

[epifanatic]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Steve Miller was quite the authority on this subject.

Regards,

D-Ray

I was thinking the same thing.

[BlueStreak]

The military waste money? Naw, say it isn't so!

I was in the Navy when the DoD instituted the "Waste, Fraud and Abuse" reporting system.We were given a phone number and a big speech about how it was "imperitive" that "Wate, Fraud and Abuse" be eradicated, and we were admonished to "report without hesitation" any excessive costs we discovered. So, one fine day I picked up the phone and dialed the number. The voice on the other end requested my name, rank and squadron, then asked for a part number and description of the part I was reporting. It was a "canopy de-fog mating horn", a piece of aluminum tubing, 8" long with a mating flange and a mounting bracket welded to one end of it-----$7,600.

Three days later, I was called into maintenance control and basically told to keep my mouth shut. A few months after that, I ordered another of the same item-----$8,200.

Dave

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

And they keep getting better as we crush them.

So it is alright to stifle a person's voice when it comes to their job. Then it seems it would not be to much longer before it is alright to silence ones voices elsewhere right?

I'm afraid there are companies that wouldn't mind too much if slavery or serfdom were legal. Getting there slowly it seems right now.

If you just were to look back just a few years ago. When the Unions were stronger and tax rates higher on the rich. Seems to me like the standard of living was a bit higher for all then.




Barney

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Surprise, the government has fine employee unions already.



Barney

Very true. Where else can you get 10 sick days when you work 72% of total days a year I do, and get a 10% raise this year?

Keep wondering why taxes, levies, and unions are going down in flames.

Pete

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Very true. Where else can you get 10 sick days when you work 72% of total days a year I do, and get a 10% raise this year?

Keep wondering why taxes, levies, and unions are going down in flames.

Pete

Maybe it is because people would rather take the dog-in-a-manger approach and pull others down rather than pushing themselves up? I never took a management position here simply because the majority of companies suck with regard to their treatment of employees.

It is what we called mushroom management - keep your employees in the dark and feed then lots of horse manure.

[piece-itpete]

Oh I'd love that kind of benifit package - but no one else is getting it, campaign promises over the last 30 years notwithstanding.

Pete

[whell]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Maybe it is because people would rather take the dog-in-a-manger approach and pull others down rather than pushing themselves up? I never took a management position here simply because the majority of companies suck with regard to their treatment of employees.

It is what we called mushroom management - keep your employees in the dark and feed then lots of horse manure.

Its amazing how that perspective changes when the shoe is on the other foot, and you're actually in a management role.