Promotion Perils at TSA

I mentioned briefly yesterday that some unions are concerned that Transportation Security Administration employees who apply for promotions at TSA but don't receive them aren't getting enough information about why. The National Treasury Employees Union has some broader concerns about the process. The union writes of their most recent meeting with the agency:

On promotion protocols, employees expressed concerns about promotions from D to E band being denied or delayed because of unscheduled absences or a past, sometimes trivial, disciplinary action that was still being held against the employee. TSA leadership discussed reasons why such promotions would be denied and said they would look further into delays in promotions to ensure national policies were being properly implemented. On the subject of split shifts, employees stated that there is no clear policy on what part-time or split shift employees need to do to move to full-time positions. TSA leadership said there currently is no TSA-wide criteria for moving from part-time to full-time status and that it appears such a protocol should be developed. Ideas were exchanged about what criteria should be used.

Consistency is important, especially on issues that employees are hinging their hopes on.