>"And who was the Safety Officer assigned to that project? added Drak. >"Obviously that person was not adequate in the position. What is going to >be done to prevent the same thing from happening again?"
>"That person was covering two projects and was doing spot-inspection on his >other project that day. Again another example of why I need a Safety >Officer dedicated to each individual project." >"It seems to me that is redundant, that a safety officer per research >facility is more practical.", commented the Rigelian. >"Pardon me, I misspoke. I meant to say one per facility." >"Were the two projects this person was assigned to at the same facility? Why else would he or she be >working on both?" asked the Andorian with annoyance. >"No they weren't. The person had to cover two different facilities due to lack of resources at the time to hire >one person per facility." >Sharez did not seem to be happy with the answer. "Are you saying that such a set up is common in your >department?" >"I am sorry I thought I had clearly laid that out earlier. At this time, we have one Safety person who has to >cover multiple facilities due to the current structure left over from my predecessor. Until my reorganization >of the department is authorized with additional resources I do not have a choice, Ambassador. I need more >money for projects and personnel." Lorin was not being a smartass-just honest. >"My apologies, Admiral. I must have misunderstood the situation relating to the Safety Officers. What >percentage increase in FTE's (OOC: full time equivalents) would your request involve?" >"If I am allowed to combine multiple facilities as I have layed out for you-I would say 8 new Safety >officers. This is a 8% increase. That way I can shift some of the burned-out current ones into other >positions and refresh our system." >"Eight percent sounds like a small amount. Is it possible that the changes you are proposing would >bring about enough savings to pay for the new Safety Officer positions?" Lorin was hedgy, "I suppose it's possible but I would be very concerned about being caught short-handed. Would you accept a 5% increase instead for now with the hopes that the savings will balance. We could add some clause to allow me to add the 3% at a later time if needed?" >Ambassador T'Sar jumped in. "I would think that by merging projects >together, you would be able to illiminate some other jobs. The funds for >those positions could be used to fund an increase in the Safety Officer >numbers." "Administrative positions can be cut by 2%. I will not cut Research positions because they will be vital to the increased production in the merged projects." _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
