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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by abledon on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @06:53PM (#32419456)
> I was told by our HR department that we could get rid of him, or at least demote him, if he failed two annual reviews in a row. Eventually he did, but we were then told by HR that he had to fail two annual reviews in a row in the same way; if he failed twice, but differently in the second year, that didn't count

Government HR processes make it _very_ difficult to be fired.

Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by jabits on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:42PM (#32421314)
This is ignorant nonsense…

Edit: to be a little more clear, most govt groups (Treasury, Trade, etc.) are at the mercy of non-govt contractors in the private sector.