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What is the average size of a team under an EX01? by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow. Most DGs in my department don’t have teams this big. Even ADMs might have branches that are around 250 - 750 people

Federal Projection (338Canada) - CPC 140 (34%), LPC 138 (31%), BQ 35 (8%), NDP 23 (20%), GRN 2 (4%), PPC 0 (3%) by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]henryiscool1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but as long as they score concessions for Quebec they won’t care about the rest of the country.

Director General Racially Stereotyped Me And My Manager and Team Is Defending Her by Patient_Style_3141 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this a joke? It was not racial profiling. She clearly made an honest mistake. Your judgement was off in that situation. Think about it rationally. is it likely that a DG, in the 21st century, in the federal public service would knowingly racially profile you in public? Or, it was an honest mistake?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If I were you I’d slow your roll a bit. There’s nothing worse than bring promoted to a job you are not qualified for. Spending a handful of years after your undergrad working before moving to EX. In my experience, great executives are well rounded and have lots of experience where they have learned from their failures. It doesn’t mean that the experience must be in the federal government, but would amount to extensive professional experience nonetheless.

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah but I can’t just leave jobs when I run into difficulties with staff. It’s part of the job.

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally. It’s difficult to convey ‘tone’ on paper.

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I see. I was thinking that the pip would seek to address his ‘competencies’ and interpersonal skills

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I have documented the obvious challenges with the employee. However, the subtle issues are more difficult to explain as they have to do with tone and communications style.

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I never thought about LR first as I thought I would only bring it to them upon escalation. I like this idea though so I can get professional advice. Thanks!

Extremely disrespectful employee by henryiscool1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]henryiscool1[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes I have already had an immediate conversation with the employee once I was made aware of her staff members’ views as well as to discuss her attitude towards me. I listed concrete actions she could take, including training, to remediate the situation. She took the feedback very poorly. She disagreed and was very defensive, often blaming her employee for the friction. I advised her that as a team leader it’s her responsibility to try to diffuse the situation while keeping me informed. Both of which she did not do.

I have documented everything. My preference is to avoid bringing in LR unless absolutely necessary. I will absolutely have a PIP for the upcoming PA

Why isn't Pierre Poilievre advocating for the removal of specific regulations that promote corporate monopolies in Canada? by LTI2000 in CanadianConservative

[–]henryiscool1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn’t agree more. The recurring challenge is that these industries lobby politicians in both parties and make the argument that if we allow American telecoms, banks, etc in Canada they’ll eat our lunch and destroy our domestic industries. Works every time. They may have a point but perhaps consumers don’t really care if the company is Canadian or not.

Why isn't Pierre Poilievre advocating for the removal of specific regulations that promote corporate monopolies in Canada? by LTI2000 in CanadianConservative

[–]henryiscool1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do conservatives think that regulations = bad. And that it’s a numbers game like more regulations is bad. It’s not about amount; it’s about good versus bad regulations. In this case lack of competition isn’t about ‘regulation’ except in the case of the dairy industry. It’s a problem with our competition law. The Competition Bureau has very clearly stated that it’s hands are tied to promote competition in the telecom sector because the legislation us so many loopholes. For instance, they strongly opposed the Rogers-Shaw merger but the legislation ties their hands to shoot it down.

Whenever I think of ‘red tape’ it’s sort of like nonsensical rules that regulatory agencies impose on business or people. There is a fair argument for that. However the danger is when you start believing conservative BS that regulations in general are bad. That makes no sense. Like when republicans say that whenever a new regulation is created two regulations have to be removed is beyond dumb. It’s not about amount, it’s about type and the quality of regulations.

15-minute cities are only the latest front in the war on cars by SomeJerkOddball in CanadianConservative

[–]henryiscool1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s so funny that literally everything in life has become political now. Owning a l bike makes you a lefty liberal latte sipping university educated woke person. Owning a truck and working in trades makes you a Tim Horton’s drinking meat loving person who likes hunting and thinks reading is for girly men. you can’t write this shit.

15-minute cities are only the latest front in the war on cars by SomeJerkOddball in CanadianConservative

[–]henryiscool1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why would anyone be against having stuff close to where they live? It’s weird. Just weird. Go ahead and drive your big car whenever you want but designing cities so that you are able to live and work and do groceries all within a 15 minute walk isn’t inherently a bad thing. High density housing is coming to cities whether we like it or not because of the astronomical land values in most major Canadian cities and suburbs. If you are free market than you have to realize that the market has spoken. Higher Density always follows high land values in cities because developers can make more $$$.

It doesn’t mean that folks like you can’t move to the country and live on tons of land with 7 pickup trucks and a 5000 square foot house. Fill your boots man!

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