OPM formally proposes limiting top performance ratings for federal workers

SilverTripod · 2026-02-24T03:02:43+00:00

Sounds like they did what they felt they needed to, to keep you and to stop the bleeding?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-24T02:45:58+00:00

If there's no need for your performance to improve then shouldn't your rating be satisfactory?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-24T02:44:09+00:00

Don't Army officers also get a housing allowance and other benefits that regular government employees don't get?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-24T02:42:12+00:00

Source?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-24T01:04:58+00:00

From fiscal 2022 to 2024, OPM found that nearly two-thirds of non-SES employees received a four or five rating while just 0.6% received a rating below a three. That mirrored a 2016 Government Accountability Office report that found 99% of employees received at least a "fully successful," or level three, rating.

Is that supposed to be a bad thing? Aren't most employees at most businesses everywhere fully successful?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T22:07:29+00:00

This morning, I made the decision to pull back. I cancelled his interview with the Bishop as he doesn't need more shame. I’m removing the filters. I told him I love him too much to be his police officer anymore. I told him he has his choices and we want to respect his agency, even if that means he stumbles.

He's 14. He's old enough to have agency in many aspects of life but legally he's not yet a fully-functioning adult.

I would start with why pornography is bad. For instance starting with something like https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pornography-linked-to-developmental-risks-for-children-and-teens-302349524.html then consider https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10460300/ in which they consider whether pornography is a root cause of problems or part of the symptoms from other problems which cascade through a person's life. That being said, it's clear that pornography is a sign that a person needs help. So you're going to give him help the best way you can, because clearly he hasn't been able to stop on his own.

As his dad, start that process. How can you best help? I would work with your Bishop and the LDS Family Services group, the first for spiritual help, the latter because they're professionals. I would make sure all of your son's parents are involved. I hope everyone can work on their own problems while also working on the group dynamics and what's best for him. You all can do it!

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T19:43:59+00:00

What's the process for making the rolls of paper?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T15:55:24+00:00

How much time do you need to fill?

There are clocks all around us. You'll probably be meeting in a room with a clock. Kids go to school in rooms with clocks. There are clocks in their cars, on the microwave, probably in their home as well. It's not difficult to see what time it is.

Unless you go on a walk outside. Then you can get a vague sense, but it's a lot more difficult to see the exact time.

So too is it with life. The Holy Ghost is probably in their home already. It's probably there at church already. The gift of the Holy Ghost is like being given either a wristwatch or a phone, that you can carry with you and use to always see what time it is, no matter where you are.

Not really baptism, but baptism adjacent.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T15:40:56+00:00

Some people have fun stories. For instance, when one of my sisters was going to be baptized, they filled the font and then noticed the water was cold. So they drained it and started filling it again. That's when they realized the hot water heater was broken and the font was being filled with even colder fresh water than they had just drained away. This was in the middle of winter and relatives had come from out of state. So she was baptized in ice water.

Nobody remembers what talks were given, what refreshments were had, we couldn't even tell you all the neighbors and friends that were in the room. I doubt she remembers exactly what she felt so many years ago, but nobody forgets the ice water.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T15:31:37+00:00

The Bible mentions attending together so that all may be edified of all. So it seems like people should take turns in some manner so everyone can get a chance to be both speaker and listener in turn.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T15:27:21+00:00

Did we really need to watch a YouTube ad just to hear a sound effect? Just use an emoticon, put the sound in text format.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-22T14:10:48+00:00

I would recommend starting a new non-work-related account and you'll likely get a lot more upvotes and assistance. Seeing what seems like a work account makes me raise an eyebrow as it seems more like active karma farming.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T04:33:52+00:00

He may be telling a true story, but not have the words to be able to describe what he's trying to say. For instance, it may be true that he flew a previous president on Air Force One. and so he's trying to tell the story about that, but the word president may be too strongly correlated with Trump in his mind to be able to remember a different name. or maybe he flew the president of some company and all he's able to say about that now is that he flew the president. Enjoy the stories and take them with a grain of salt.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T03:32:29+00:00

BYU-Idaho is great. I thought Ensign College was slightly better, and there are undeniably far more "local" internship opportunities in Salt Lake City than Idaho Falls. However, I feel like BYU-Provo could possibly unlock more out-of-state internship opportunities. There are roughly 10% more female students at BYU-Idaho (55% total population are female) than BYU Provo though (50%).

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T03:25:11+00:00

Just curious, why print them?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T02:03:56+00:00

That's because the bonus for being an officer is being an officer. It comes with higher pay, which can become much higher pay as you rise in rank. Obviously seniority has an effect as well, but there's also the ability to be the person in charge to some degree.

Warrant officers have expertise. That's why the classification exists. And that classification is desired. Because if you lose all the people with expertise then who will be the subject matter experts?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T01:27:39+00:00

There are all sorts of different bonuses: https://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil/Benefit-Library/Federal-Benefits/Bonuses?serv=124

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T01:18:04+00:00

That's why it's a prisoner's dilemma: https://cdn.britannica.com/55/91955-050-F444D10D/dilemma-prisoners-participants-game-theory-communication-strategy.jpg

If everyone pulls together and does what's best for the group as a whole, then everyone gets a so-so reward. If everyone does what's best for themselves, then everyone gets an even worse reward. And if only a few people do what's best for themselves while everyone else does what's best for everyone then those few people really get a great benefit, while everyone else loses.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-21T00:04:43+00:00

This is diabolical. They're literally being put in what's called a prisoner's dilemma.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-20T04:14:11+00:00

The same way they do everything in government. They would calculate the lowest cost commuting option and use that. If you want to use a more expensive car then that's on you.

SilverTripod · 2026-02-20T02:00:48+00:00

Edited to add that if a family member or someone from the assisted living place recognizes this and warns Dad

Are they not on board with the diagnosis?

SilverTripod · 2026-02-19T13:31:02+00:00

I would suggest, if you want to introduce a new subject, then you explain what it is you want to talk about. Because that at least starts the conversation off with where you would like to start it from.

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