tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25606055.post115233205423433905..comments2023-11-03T07:47:58.166-05:00Comments on Ramblings of an HHSC Employee amidst chaos: PostingHHSCEMPLOYEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098601719458276335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25606055.post-19973522937590605652007-04-02T18:35:00.000-05:002007-04-02T18:35:00.000-05:00This whole consolidation fiasco was to give contra...This whole consolidation fiasco was to give contracts to friends of Rick Perry.<BR/>(kinda like his vaccination proposal he tried to sneak through for one of his supporters).<BR/>I heard some inside information that building leases were also give to friends of Perry and not to the best offers. The Texas Building Procurment Commission is obviously in Perry's back pocket.<BR/>Greg Phillips(HHSC commissioner for about 2 months?) is a failure and never should have been hired, thank God we were able to raise enough hell about that!<BR/>Do I need to even mention Albert Hawkins? He has been an embarassment in the recent questioning he is either out of the loop or just a dipshit...looks like they have their scapgoat all set up. If Hawkins had any balls he would take down Perry and maybe survive politically.<BR/><BR/>A while back we had the acting RD come in and give us shit about our attendance <BR/>(at the request of our inexperienced, vidicitve bitch of a program manager).<BR/>I got the floor and proceeded to tell her that if she wasn't willing to start getting us more staff and start sticking up for us the employees she might as will retire. I explained the many problems and lack of resources...as well as many other issues. <BR/>I got a PIP (performance improvement plan) for my efforts because I was aggressive. HMMM...strange... when I got the floor I was interrupted by my idiot PM about 5 times.<BR/><BR/>You know whats gonna happen...Perry will stroll in and throw some money at the problem and claim to be the savior of HHSC and all of Texas Health and Human Services...yeah right...CPS is still waiting for the promised 2500 new workers!<BR/><BR/>*Too many ignorant state office people writing policy for programs they know nothing about. <BR/>*Too many supervisors that have never worked a case or haven't for 20 years. *Too many people playing politics when that should be demanding change. <BR/>*Too many over worked caseworkers having to resort to short cuts or re-certifying cases without interviews...<BR/><BR/>Governor Perry is a criminal as are all the private companies he has brought in (Deliotte, Accenture, Maximus). <BR/><BR/>Before anyone thinks this is just liberal political rant, you are dead wrong! I am ashamed to say that I voted for him!<BR/><BR/>well, I feel a little better now...thanks for listening to my rantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25606055.post-1152491133548963082006-07-09T19:25:00.000-05:002006-07-09T19:25:00.000-05:00I just took a week's vacation. I had to!! Came bac...I just took a week's vacation. I had to!! Came back to crap. I am tired, don't want to be back and am dreading starting another week tomorrow (Monday). <BR/>By the way, we lost our supervisor also. She was good too. They lost another good one...<BR/>I don't even know what the plan is at this point. She had 3 offices to supervise. <BR/>Our powers that be are retired and have returned. They don't understand what we are going through because I don't think either have ever worked a case. HHSC needs to make a plan. Do we just continue at this pace until another legislative session and pray something happens? <BR/>Where is my piddly bonus anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25606055.post-1152390164054010572006-07-08T15:22:00.000-05:002006-07-08T15:22:00.000-05:00Well, all in all it is bad, even more so when you ...Well, all in all it is bad, even more so when you lose your supervisor and the new one doesn't understand or care why the lead times are bad or why you have over 170 cases to work and 1010's continuing to pour in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25606055.post-1152364956484290882006-07-08T08:22:00.000-05:002006-07-08T08:22:00.000-05:00You could be talking about our office...Any office...You could be talking about our office...Any office for that matter. Workers are getting to the point where they can't (or don't) care anymore. Something's gotta give, either client services, stats, or sanity....My boss suggested I take a couple days off the other day. She said she got a call that I was rude to a client, probably the third one she has had on me in 9 years. I told her I wasn't rude, just told the client the honest the God's truth..."I don't have time to check on it right now. I'm interviewing, and I have over a hundred cases on my computer, and to look for some info for you would take too much time. If you brought it in, I should have it in the folder, and will work it as soon as possible. Give me your number, and I'll try to give you a call, but I can't promise anything." My boss said I shouldn't tell clients this, but had nothing in response to what I SHOULD tell them. A year ago I never would have thought to repond to a client like that, but I have always been honest with them, and I am letting them know the situation, even though we are supposed to be "hush hush" about the problems. Maybe the clients themselves need to start voicing their opinions. It doesn't seem like the powers that be care about what we as workers say. Somethings gotta give somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com