It's just that there can be no comparison to us. Also, can someone tell me how many of the people, director level and above, who were not part of the original transition, have been hired from the Ag. While we welcome the new personell from this agency, it is our hope that they realize where they are working. In the greatest agency in the state, and full of people who don't care to work for the Ag. Current GLO policy of not re-imbursing for day trips encourages overnight trips to recover travel costs.
Current policy prohibits compensation if the trip is done in one day.
If the meeting is a half day one starting at 1300, then it could be feasible for someone to make the trip in one day. If the noon meal is paid for under the auspices of business travel out of the particular headquarters, then the one day trip is more amenable to the traveler and saves the state lots of money otherwise spent on hotel and meals. The employee being yelled at was not only in the hallway but with a group of people. It was one most appalling displays of rudeness I've ever seen. It also gave the impression that Executive staff considers that area of the Land Office absolutely not a place where the average employee should dare to intrude.