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BumRushDaShow

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5. When you have little staff and those who are left are demoralized

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:48 AM

Jun 26

he's going to have to be more than "logistics".

I have been monitoring Martin O'Malley's commentary (he was the predecessor Commissioner) and the staffing issue has been his biggest concern.

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New Social Security Commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 26 OP

Staffing has always been the issue Puppyjive Jun 26 #1

Of all Taco's appointees, this is the one I am least worried about. And I'm hoping to Scrivener7 Jun 26 #2

But the problem still goes back to Muskrat BumRushDaShow Jun 26 #3

Yes, but that's a different issue than whether this guy is going to help or hurt. As the process you describe Scrivener7 Jun 26 #4

When you have little staff and those who are left are demoralized BumRushDaShow Jun 26 #5

I wouldn't call a staff of 50,000 little. But we're still talking about two different things. You're talking about Scrivener7 Jun 26 #6

As a retired HHS employee BumRushDaShow Jun 26 #7

Staffing is the issue Puppyjive Jun 26 #8