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Hell yes! Great news on the census! (Original Post)
EleanorR
Sep 2020
OP
Just last week, there was still at least one Census manager directing supervisors to lay people off
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2020
#6
PoliWrangler
(139 posts)1. K&R nt
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)2. Kick-Kick-Kickety-Kick . . . n/t
calimary
(81,566 posts)3. Good!
Watch him try to defy it, though.
niyad
(113,798 posts)4. Excellent news!
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)5. Why do we have to fight so hard
to get everyone counted. And allow everyone to vote?
BumRushDaShow
(129,913 posts)6. Just last week, there was still at least one Census manager directing supervisors to lay people off
Manager ordered census layoffs despite judges ruling
By MIKE SCHNEIDERSeptember 18, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Census Bureau from winding down the 2020 census, a manager in Illinois instructed employees to get started with layoffs, according to an audio of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
During a conference call Thursday, the Chicago area manager told supervisors who report to him that they should track down census takers who dont currently have any cases, collect the iPhones they use to record information, and bid them goodbye. The manager did not respond to an email from the AP. I would really like to get a head start on terminating these people, he said. All of these inactives that we have, we need to get rid of them. So hunt down your inactives, collect their devices, get them terminated and off of our lists. It was unclear whether such actions would violate U.S. District Judge Lucy Kohs temporary restraining order prohibiting the Census Bureau from winding down field operations while she considers a request to extend the head count by a month.
Earlier this week, the judge, who is in San Jose, California, held a hearing on other possible violations of the order, but no action was taken after a Census Bureau official said in a declaration that they were unsubstantiated or the result of miscommunication. The judge extended the order for another week on Thursday. Government attorneys told the judge earlier this month that the Census Bureau would refrain from laying off workers who were in the later stages of door knocking at the homes of residents who hadnt yet answered the census questionnaire. They said workers could still be terminated for performance reasons, however.
While the Chicago area manager told his supervisors they couldnt lay people off for lack of work, he suggested they could encourage census takers who havent had an assignment in a while to resign or fire them for poor performance. It doesnt have to be their performance is poor. It just means its not good enough, he said. If you are going to terminate someone for performance, I want you to consult me first. But Im pretty much going to be on your side, no matter what. The census manager also suggested that supervisors should unofficially plan on wrapping up their work by Saturday, 11 days short of the Sept. 30 deadline for ending the 2020 census.
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-layoffs-chicago-illinois-census-2020-59694e6b84d147f6d6e257150ec05b74
By MIKE SCHNEIDERSeptember 18, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Census Bureau from winding down the 2020 census, a manager in Illinois instructed employees to get started with layoffs, according to an audio of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
During a conference call Thursday, the Chicago area manager told supervisors who report to him that they should track down census takers who dont currently have any cases, collect the iPhones they use to record information, and bid them goodbye. The manager did not respond to an email from the AP. I would really like to get a head start on terminating these people, he said. All of these inactives that we have, we need to get rid of them. So hunt down your inactives, collect their devices, get them terminated and off of our lists. It was unclear whether such actions would violate U.S. District Judge Lucy Kohs temporary restraining order prohibiting the Census Bureau from winding down field operations while she considers a request to extend the head count by a month.
Earlier this week, the judge, who is in San Jose, California, held a hearing on other possible violations of the order, but no action was taken after a Census Bureau official said in a declaration that they were unsubstantiated or the result of miscommunication. The judge extended the order for another week on Thursday. Government attorneys told the judge earlier this month that the Census Bureau would refrain from laying off workers who were in the later stages of door knocking at the homes of residents who hadnt yet answered the census questionnaire. They said workers could still be terminated for performance reasons, however.
While the Chicago area manager told his supervisors they couldnt lay people off for lack of work, he suggested they could encourage census takers who havent had an assignment in a while to resign or fire them for poor performance. It doesnt have to be their performance is poor. It just means its not good enough, he said. If you are going to terminate someone for performance, I want you to consult me first. But Im pretty much going to be on your side, no matter what. The census manager also suggested that supervisors should unofficially plan on wrapping up their work by Saturday, 11 days short of the Sept. 30 deadline for ending the 2020 census.
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-layoffs-chicago-illinois-census-2020-59694e6b84d147f6d6e257150ec05b74
liberalla
(9,275 posts)7. YES! K&R
mzmolly
(51,018 posts)8. Excellent!
Blue Owl
(50,554 posts)9. K&R
Cha
(297,966 posts)10. Rt! TY Walter Shaub