Submitted by Shreddersaurusrex t3_10on5h7 in nyc
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sanspoint_ t1_j6ib3en wrote
I used to work for the Welfare Office in Philadelphia. When you have a high number of people who need help, you need a high number of staff to manage it. It's simple math, but let me give you an illustration.
When I started working at Welfare, caseworkers always used to complain that they'd come into full voicemail inboxes. A few months in, the state decided to double everyone's voicemail inbox capacity. Caseworkers still would come in to full voicemail inboxes, but now they were full with twice the messages.
mission17 t1_j6gvnb5 wrote
Austerity measures look like this everywhere every time but we’re still expected to act surprised.
mowotlarx t1_j6hm4pl wrote
The goons at the top always yell about how this is a great opportunity to do more with less. When it's perfectly obvious that you always get less with less.
captainktainer t1_j6gnlfx wrote
Shockingly, when you make it so that only the most desperate will take a job with the city, and actively make the hiring process as difficult and painful as possible with zero guarantee that you'll actually be hired at the end of the process, staff vacancies pile up. And vacancies that pile up lead to reduced services, greater costs, and human misery.
Comprehensive_Heat25 t1_j6h0w4n wrote
Everyone is going to be in for a real shock when a shit ton of people lose their Medicaid coverage come March and that office gets SLAMMED.
spicytoastaficionado t1_j6nw0bc wrote
The city running with a skeleton crew isn't really working out, huh?
Demi_J t1_j6ic31l wrote
Probably cheaper in the long run to just pay more than $18/hr for the chance of being verbally or physically abused by angry people in need. You could make just as much working retail, deal with the same sort of irate people, but at least have a sweet employee discount.
mowotlarx t1_j6go1al wrote
Oh, you mean losing a massive percentage of staff due to low pay and lack of WFH/flexible schedule options, refusing to replace half the staff who left, delaying the hiring process for months, underpaying current staff with no cost of living increases in 3+ years and constantly talking shit about them in public while praising private business owners instead hasn't increased efficiency?? I'm shocked!
For those unaware, Adams has been actively promoting the idea that these offices will become more efficient because so many workers have left, because they'll just have to find a way to get it done. He's a moron.