Justabirdwatcher
Well-known member
If you still have 8 years to go until you're eligible, then you're way too young to be ragging on "kids who need instructions." Leave that to the boomers. They perfected that art.I feel like this is my life every day. Not sure if I’ll have a job for 8 more years until my first day of retirement eligibility if not. Half expect to show up one day and my login won’t work.
DOI largely isn’t eligible for union representation, so I know nothing about that stuff. What I do know is that I’ve volunteered thousands of hours during my career, received numerous awards recognizing efforts above and beyond my regular job title, because that’s what it took to get the job done. But now that folks completely outside my chain of command and with zero understanding of my job or what I do day to day are mandating downgrades to my performance rating based on arbitrary quotas, while asking me to absorb the work of 3 now-departed colleagues, those days are done. Not going above and beyond anymore. It’s not sustainable and there’s no point. They can replace me with some of these kids that need instructions on how to pee outside and can’t drive off pavement. That should go well.
I'm so glad I don't have 8 years. Not even 8 months. Still going above and beyond though because the resource deserves it even if the admin doesn't. Killing our motivation is exactly what they want.
