I worked for the federal government 1975-1976. State Department, Agency for International Development, Contracts department. I was there as a secretary. I was bottom of the totem pole. There was a secretary over me who had been there for a long time. Her name was Loretta Moton..
My job consisted of typing up the contracts for A.I.D. This …
I worked for the federal government 1975-1976. State Department, Agency for International Development, Contracts department. I was there as a secretary. I was bottom of the totem pole. There was a secretary over me who had been there for a long time. Her name was Loretta Moton..
My job consisted of typing up the contracts for A.I.D. This was before computers, so I had to use an electric typewriter.
My boss, Virginia Perelli, gave me a contract to type up. An hour later I was finished and turned it in and asked for another one. She gave me another one and I typed that up too. I carried on in this manner every day. It was the job.
Perelli seemed happy. She could not promote me fast enough.
Loretta took me aside and said You are working too fast. You are making the rest of us look bad. (the other secretaries).
This attitude mystified me and I ignored her and kept on working the way that I work.
Loretta's approach to work - make a 1-hour job take 2 weeks - is emblematic of the federal bureaucracy's work ethic.
I fully support mass layoffs of 75% of the federal workforce. They will not be missed.
I worked for the federal government 1975-1976. State Department, Agency for International Development, Contracts department. I was there as a secretary. I was bottom of the totem pole. There was a secretary over me who had been there for a long time. Her name was Loretta Moton..
My job consisted of typing up the contracts for A.I.D. This was before computers, so I had to use an electric typewriter.
My boss, Virginia Perelli, gave me a contract to type up. An hour later I was finished and turned it in and asked for another one. She gave me another one and I typed that up too. I carried on in this manner every day. It was the job.
Perelli seemed happy. She could not promote me fast enough.
Loretta took me aside and said You are working too fast. You are making the rest of us look bad. (the other secretaries).
This attitude mystified me and I ignored her and kept on working the way that I work.
Loretta's approach to work - make a 1-hour job take 2 weeks - is emblematic of the federal bureaucracy's work ethic.
I fully support mass layoffs of 75% of the federal workforce. They will not be missed.
tinarock: If you were in a campaign video with Vivek talking about your experience, would you lose your pension?
Hi Timmy, I would not lose anything, because I worked for A.I.D. for 18 months and moved away.
tinarock: What is A.I.D. ?
Agency for International Development.
tinarock: Thanks. AID is used to do coups in foreign countries, right?
Hi Timmy, I don't know anything about that. I was in the Contracts Department and typed up contracts.