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SupersonicMax said:I had a grand total of 0 PDRs written on me in my 15 years and I do not feel cheated or that my supervisors did a bad job of mentoring me. They just had a different approach.
Need I say more?
SupersonicMax said:I had a grand total of 0 PDRs written on me in my 15 years and I do not feel cheated or that my supervisors did a bad job of mentoring me. They just had a different approach.
SupersonicMax said:PDRs are not used for career advancement (read promotion boards). .... PDRs are a lazy way to recognize your people.
MJP said:I have two PDRs in 5 years and I don't feel slighted in the least. I have always known exactly where I stood because I have been told what to improve through verbal feedback, usually this feedback is in real time and relevant. That is wayyyyyyyy more important than some useless piece of paper that tries to encapsulate the last 3-5 months of my work. IMHO that is way to late to be conducting feedback. I think the lazy CoCs are the ones that depend on the PDR as the prime piece of feedback rather than on the spot mentoring.
I certainly don't think of my CoC as lazy as some have alluded to on the thread. They are hard working folks that realize that there is a time and place for some administration and react accordingly.
Lumber said:I'm not I get what you mean by those who don't use the PDR system? Doesn't everybody use the PDR/PER system? Even if they didn't use PDR, they still submit PERs at the end of the year. If you gave a member an ES on say, Working with Others, and he grieves it saying he derserved a Mastered, he has to have verifiable examples of him Working with Others that fit the word picture for Mastered. Even if he provides examples, his supervisors can present their own representations as to why the example better fits the word picture for ES and not M.
Maybe I just don't understand your point? If so, sorry :facepalm:
BinRat55 said:I can't trivialize it that easily. Are promotions, postings, PD etc being severly or even moderately handicapped by any real or perceived CFPAS issues? Maybe not severely, but yes I beleive so. How many techs are being promoted way too early these days? It's a conversation I have (sadly) had numerous times. I have a really good MCpl. He's going places, this guy. Still has things to learn, but man he's a great MCpl. I write PDRs / PERs as such. Now, the supervisor next door, she has a good MCpl too. In my opinion (and others) not quite as good as my MCpl. She writes HER MCpl higher that I do mine. HER CoC backs it. How do I fight that? By inflating my MCpl's PER so that his is better once again. We end up with leaders newly promoted in a bad position because they have little to no experience and knowledge!
All ficticious, of course but inflating the PERs of those who rightfully deserve to be on top in order to GET them on top is genuinely FLAWED. We get it right much of the time, but eventually there will be no room left. I have seen (time and time again - way too much now) first year Cpls actually redressing a PER because they never went out READY!!! First PER. Why? Because of the CoC that never properly managed expectations through CFPAS (PDRs) allowing that Cpl to think their s*** don't stink because anothe young Cpl's CoC was really gone on them.
Flawed a little is still flawed.
Lumber said:I say let them grieve it. If their representations don't fit the word pictures, they won't win the grievance.
Tcm621 said:This is the real issue. If a supervisor does not issue PDRs what document does he have to back up his version of events? If you don't give him an initial PDR with expectations based on the members position how do you argue that he did or didn't meet or exceed a standard? There must be a standard set for one to exceed it.
As other have said, there are much bigger problems with the system than whether or not someone gets a PDR. However, you personally may not be able to stop the other ones but you can make sure your subordinates recieved what they are entitled to and is mandated for you to give.
Eye In The Sky said:Let`s take it a step further. Why are the superiors who are NOT doing PDRs and PERs not being held accountable across the board. The QR & O Vol 1, Ch 1, Art 1.02 *Definitions* makes clear what the word SHALL means. I believe the CFPAS policy states PDRs shall be written.
Next:
From QR & O, Vol 1, Ch 4.
4.01 - RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICERS TO SUPERIORS
An officer is responsible to his immediate superior for the proper and efficient performance of his duties.
(M)
4.02 - GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS
(1) An officer shall:
a.become acquainted with, observe and enforce:i.the National Defence Act,
ii.the Security of Information Act,
iii.QR&O, and
iv.all other regulations, rules, orders and instructions that pertain to the performance of the officer's duties;
b.afford to all persons employed in the public service such assistance in the performance of their duties as is practical;
c.promote the welfare, efficiency and good discipline of all subordinates;
d.ensure the proper care and maintenance, and prevent the waste, of all public and non-public property within the officer's control; and
e.report to the proper authority any infringement of the pertinent statutes, regulations, rules, orders and instructions governing the conduct of any person subject to the Code of Service Discipline when the officer cannot deal adequately with the matter.
Seems pretty clear.
Next, from Ch 5.:
5.01- GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF NON-COMMISSIONED MEMBERS
A non-commissioned member shall:
a.become acquainted with, observe and enforce i.the National Defence Act,
ii.the Security of Information Act, (5 June 2008)
iii.QR&O, and
iv.all other regulations, rules, orders and instructions that pertain to the performance of the member's duties;
(See articles 1.22 – Accessibility of Regulations, Orders and Instructions and 4.26 – Publicity of Regulations, Orders, Instructions, Correspondence and Publications.)
b.afford to all persons employed in the public service such assistance in the performance of their duties as is practical;
c.promote the welfare, efficiency and good discipline of all who are subordinate to the member;
d.ensure the proper care and maintenance and prevent the waste of all public and non-public property within the member's control; and
e.report to the proper authority any infringement of the pertinent statutes, regulations, rules, orders and instructions governing the conduct of any person subject to the Code of Service Discipline.
(M) (9 May 2008 effective 5 June 2008)
Again clear to me.
And the `all other regulations...`part covers the CFPAS ones doesn`t it? We have DAODs that cover Conduct and Performance deficiencies. We have tools in the DAODs like Remedial Measures that offer options to correct those Conduct and Performance deficiencies, and the last I read they applied to ALL CF members.
What I see is a whole bunch of people not willing to implement, follow and enforce policy that is already implemented, which of course is contrary to the articles above from Vol 1, Ch's 4 & 5. Too many people are 'doing what they want, not what they are supposed to', at all levels, and not being accountable for it.
Back when I was a Cl A PRES type say, my Sqn followed the CFPAS policy. We did PXRs after a weekend ex. We did initial PDRs, one PDR review as a minimum and PERs. We had troop files with all this stuff in it. When Tpr Bloggins got his PER, it was no surprise because he/she got regular feedback on their performance.
This was on Cl A time; 3 hours a week, one or two weekend ex's a month. After a weekend ex, each crew commander wrote up the PXRs on his crew. 20-30 min's tops. Initial PDRs, we had templates for Obs, Driver, Crew Commander, Ptl Commander, etc. You took the template, edited it and voila, initial PDRs in quick time. Did the Critical Task/Expected Results for the Tp WO change much from year to year? Or the Tp WO's driver, who was usually the Snr Driver and had responsibilities in garrison and the field at times like O Grps where he would be left to oversee the work (garrison) or crew level battle procedure? Templates made it work and work well.
If Cl A types can follow the CFPAS process (and we did, because we were directed to by the Sqn leadership and it was supervised like anything else we did by our superiors...aka leadership acted like leadership), then the rest of the CF can. It doesn't matter 'how busy you are, or think you are'. We made it happen in the limited timelines we were operating under because we made it efficient at all levels, and the leadership at all levels did their job as leaders.
CFPAS wasn't broken. OUR (the general CAF membership OUR, at all levels) application of it was. You bring in a new system to replace it, you better make it clear it SHALL be followed or we are just pissin' away tax dollars, and I'd rather see those monies turned into better combat boots & bullets, YFR and gas for ships. :2c:
George Wallace said:The whole organization has gotten lazy when it comes to administration. ... Digitalization has made us lazy. Everything was supposed to be entered onto a database and easily accessible. Yeah! Right! How many times have we found people too lazy to enter the data, or just not knowledgeable to do data entry?
This whole discussion has proven how far the administration done by supervisors has degraded.
It would seem that our steps towards making everything digital, we have not made our jobs simpler, but more complex and inefficient. ???
BinRat55 said:... This is indicative IMO of an aging CoC (not a bad thing at all) not being educated properly. You take the grumpy Warrant who joined in 1974 and did as George stated - put everything on an FMP. Now he is a CWO (very well earned BTW) looking for his FMP, not quite getting this new CFPAS program, so how is he supposed to enforce it? He won't.
Eye In The Sky said:Policies and systems don't mean crap until the people who are supposed to be using them start using them correctly.
Eye In The Sky said:Our support systems are inefficient, time consuming and built around a "talk wagging the dog"mentality; medical, admin, and supply. Can't speak for every geo location but those are my observations, certainly over the past decade.
I am an operator. I go to work to (1) operate (2) try to become better at #1 and (3) help trg subordinates in #s 1 & 2. I waste more time chasing my tail with useless BS than I do of #s 1, 2 and 3 atleast 25% of the time.
SNAFU has become "ops normal".
S.Y.F. said:I went home and attempted to take my life.