More half-assed planning by the Department leads to more rumors and the inescapable conclusion that no one from outside the Department (along with meri-clout-orious hacks) has ever actually read a contract:
- The city will have five areas in 2012.
GMAC had no idea that all assignments were by seniority and furloughs could not be changed once chosen. A Compstat computer nerd ran the numbers and realized if the 75 dicks with least seniority were moved to Area South then half the area would be on vacation in the winter and early spring, while more than half of the new Area North would be on vacation in the summer.
They also received word there is no money for construction, desks, computers, or even chairs.
The only reason the entire plan was not scrapped today is because of GMAC's ego.
The new plan is to move the 50 lowest seniority dicks from Areas 5, 3, and 4 to Areas 1 and 2. But, they just figured out that they can't do that until 2013.
In the end, everything will remain exactly the same.
If in fact everything does remain the same, way to fuck with peoples' lives, heads, families and plans. You've just created and/or reinforced a collective perception that this Department is rudderless, hopeless, run by incompetents, and will screw with you in a heartbeat. Rather than attempting to reform a system that, while working well in some respects, could use some adjusting from within, it's best to throw the baby out with the bathwater, sell the tub for scrap iron and burn down the house the tub once stood in. Way to go!
Anyone have the real story? We're mighty curious how this is all going to play out.
Anyone have the real story? We're mighty curious how this is all going to play out.