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THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of the desert. Congress said “someone may steal from it in the night,” so they created a night watchman position , at the GS-4 position and hired a person.
Then Congress said, “how does the person do his job without instruction?” So they created a planning position and hired two (2) people, one person to write the instructions (GS-12) and one person to do the time studies, GS-11. Then Congress said “how will we know the person is doing the tasks correctly?”
So Congress created a Quality Assurance Position and hired two (2) people, one GS-9 position to do the studies and one GS-11 position to write the report. Then Congress asked, “How are these people going to get paid?” So, they created the following positions, one time and attendance person (GS-9), and a payroll officer (GS-11), and hired two people.
Then Congress asked, “Who will be accountable for all these people?” So they created an administrative position and hired three people, an Administrative Officer (GS-13), an Assistant Administrative Officer (GS-12) and a Legal Secretary (GS-09).
Then Congress said, “Who is in charge of this operation?” So they hired a manager (GS-14). Then Congress audited the position and discovered they were $93,000 over budget. So, they laid off the night watchman.
And since its the government, the Night Watchman is probably the only white guy and the rest are either women or minorities.