...reductions have caused problems. Fifty-six percent of these employees said that staff reductions have had a negative effect on the ability of their units to produce quality work, citing in particular lower morale and increased stress. For the managers who lost staff, 71 percent...

...reductions have caused problems. Fifty-six percent of these employees said that staff reductions have had a negative effect on the ability of their units to produce quality work, citing in particular lower morale and increased stress. For the managers who lost staff, 71 percent...

...reductions have caused problems. Fifty-six percent of these employees said that staff reductions have had a negative effect on the ability of their units to produce quality work, citing in particular lower morale and increased stress. For the managers who lost staff, 71 percent...

...reductions have caused problems. Fifty-six percent of these employees said that staff reductions have had a negative effect on the ability of their units to produce quality work, citing in particular lower morale and increased stress. For the managers who lost staff, 71 percent...

...*DOUt &6 percent of these said that the loss had a somewhat (40 percent) or significant (15 percent) negative effect on the ability of their units to produce quality work. A total of 234 employees provided 4 1 8 examples of the adverse effect The most frequent examples were:...

...training. GAO surveyed SSA employees about the effects of staff reductions, and found that 56 percent believed the losses they had experienced had a negative...frequently mentioned effects were larger workloads to process for remaining staff, lower morale and more stress, apathy, frustration, backlogs and untimely...

...machinery that serves millions of senior citizens and needy Americans . The theme of "SSA can do •ore with less" makes a mockery of the dedicated service...to grade level. In August, 1987, SSA distributed a 39- item opinion poll to its 9,000 supervisors and managers to assist in "gauging the morale and communications...