Expect more delays

[Mina90 134]

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

The way USCIS allocates their funds is by buckets. I think there's only a handful of them, but I can't find the document explaining this off-hand. Beyond those generic buckets based on the type of services to provide (most of which are 100% funded by fees), allocation to specific locations, departments, projects, priorities, etc. is at their discretion. Just because all form X processing is funded through fees doesn't mean they will allocate exactly the right amount of funds into processing form X, especially if there's a shortfall in the budget. They also could be shifting priorities to other activities or other locations. We don't really know what or why something is being done unless somebody who is in those middle to upper management roles tells somebody about it. Unfortunately, non-management (and lower management) only see the results, not the plan...which can lead to some inaccurate conclusions (and sometimes accurate ones!).

That's quite interesting. I always know you're super informative geowrian, but you always surprise me with the amount of knowledge you have. 

Unfortunately, I know, that unless one is in a higher up position, usually, we won't really know why things are really being done. 

[Chair_force1 195]

On 6/4/2018 at 1:21 PM, Mina90 said:

I don't know, but usually in the case of lay-offs, contractors are the first to go. I hope it doesn't impact the process much, but the large quantities being let go is alarming, even for those people losing the jobs.

 

On 6/4/2018 at 3:29 PM, PersaisX said:

Aw man this doesn't sound good

Can’t layoff full time government GS employees,  only if there is government  shutdown can furloughs be given.  Can’t only layoff hourly workers or contractors 

[Mina90 134]

5 minutes ago, Chair_force1 said:

 

Can’t layoff full time government GS employees,  only if there is government  shutdown can furloughs be given.  Can’t only layoff hourly workers or contractors 

A little confused by your statement. We know it's hard to lay-off Fed Ems, but contractors are easier to lay-off.  Do you mean they CAN lay-off hourly workers/contractors? My husband isn't hourly, he's salaried.

[Chair_force1 195]

3 hours ago, Mina90 said:

A little confused by your statement. We know it's hard to lay-off Fed Ems, but contractors are easier to lay-off.  Do you mean they CAN lay-off hourly workers/contractors? My husband isn't hourly, he's salaried.

I’m talking about federally vested employees cannot be laid off.  General schedule  employees can not be laid off.  I’m not speaking of any other type of employee 

[Mina90 134]

10 hours ago, Chair_force1 said:

I’m talking about federally vested employees cannot be laid off.  General schedule  employees can not be laid off.  I’m not speaking of any other type of employee 

Okay. That wasn't the clarification I was asking for, but thanks. 

Earlier in the thread, we discussed this and kind of came to the conclusion that this may be contractors being let go.

[Mina90 134]

Mods, at this point, I think it's best we close this thread as I think its run its course. 

I was hoping to discuss this issue and it has been discussed to my satisfaction. 

I don't want any bickering to arise, so I think it's best if we close it.

Thanks all!

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