Posted on 07/25/2018 1:22:26 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A California Department of Motor Vehicles employee took naps on the clock for up to three hours a day for nearly four years with her supervisor’s knowledge, according to a new report released Tuesday by the state auditor.
The employee, who has not been named, has cost taxpayers over $40,000, according to The Sacramento Bee.
“From February 2014 through December 2017, the employee misused more than 2,200 hours of work time as a result of sleeping on the job,” the report states. “We believe that the employee likely slept for at least three hours each day.”
The employee’s superiors knew she was sleeping on the job, but “failed to take disciplinary or medical action against the employee after initial efforts to address her conduct proved unsuccessful.”
The employee’s work included routine data entry for change of address and new vehicle ownership forms.
The woman is still a DMV employee. Her managers are currently working with human resources to find a solution after the report’s release, Fox News reported.
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I bet they got paid overtime, and a raise!
Only one CA DMV worker? I find that surprising.
...and nobody noticed.....................
Hey, it’s pretty much free money from the tax payers, so what’s the big deal?
Anyone do the same study on the California politicians in Sacramento?
Anyone do the same study on the California politicians in Sacramento?
Since her supervisor was aware of this, I’m betting there’s no way she can be touched. She’ll say she told her boss she didn’t feel well and needed to rest and her boss said, “OK”. And that will be that. To some extent, it makes sense. If your boss signs off on something, why is it your responsibility to do anything any differently? (Don’t get me wrong: I think this is outrageous. However, it’s this employee’s boss who REALLY is responsible here.)
How could we even tell? Sleep or awake, the productivity level at most offices seems to be about the same.
I read the whole story. (I felt it important to FReep that).
My opinion is, “That’s it?” A firm audited the government and these were the most egregious missuses of government resources that were found.... IN CALIFORNIA?!!!
The bigger story that should be investigated is how much the auditor was paid to “Look the other way” and NOT find serious missuses of government funds, like bribery.
Fire the supervisors.
It's like watching a tree grow. Hard to tell when it stops.
May I take a guess?
Sleepwalking would be speedy by most government office standards.
It’s not the $40,000 but the 4 million she will receive in retirement over her remaining years after retirement.
California.....
Heard on Rush or Plante today that all the big Silicon Valley companies have cafeterias and offer free lunch and free dinner if work late etc AND utilize luxury coaches to pick up and take home workers daily, also for free.
Understand the area wants to BAN the cafeterias as the local restaurants say it is costing them business and people also upset with the free transportation.
The implication is that they will probably be succesful in getting the cafeterias closed.
Like it was said have a few thousand people working in your building and you create chaos if they all go to lunch etc at same time so cafeteria makes sense and it is a ‘nice’ perk...
Whenever I head any comment about a politician or G worker sleeping or absent from work, my first thought is good, they are not doing any damage.
The first government attack on the tech cafeterias is an attempt to tax them as an employee benefit, proving that truism that there is no free lunch.
I see a Supervisor position running a DMV Office in her future.
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