#id wonder if I was making more than my fellow Lead Consultant since I was hired after and I know management doesnt like the other person

[wonknevetnod]

My job has two assistant managers (not sure why). One has been with the company over 5 years and worked her way up from team member to lead consultant to assistant manager. The other was recently hired into the position directly and has a hard time with being told what to do when we try to train him in how to do his job.

He is making more than her - she found out and asked for a raise. She was told its just not in the budget but if she brings them a genuine offer letter form another company willing to pay her more they will 'try' to match it.

She intends to take that offer letter and accept it, because at this point: fuck this place.

At the same time, we have a guy who has been with the company over 6 years amd is very good at what he does - but the new employees are getting hired in at a higher rate than he is currently making. He is also looking for a new job now that he knows this.

Compare paychecks with you co-workers. It is the best way to get equality.

[douglasacogan]

Notable new talk of (badly needed) new nominees for the US Sentencing Commission

The US Sentencing Commission has lacked a full slate of Commissioners for the entirety of Trump Administration. With only two (of seven) Commissioners in place since the start of 2019, the USSC has lacked a quorum and thus cannot complete any formal work (including a lot of work that should and needs to be done in response the the FIRST STEP Act).  Part of the problem, as I have covered in this space, was that at least one of the four nominees that Prez Trump put forward back in March 2018 was of great concerns to a great many.

Against this backdrop, I am fascinated to see this new NPR piece headlined "Concerns Mount Over Possible Trump Picks For Influential Crime Panel."  Here are the particulars:

The White House is preparing to fill several vacancies on the influential commission that makes policy used to punish tens of thousands of criminals every year, according to three sources familiar with the process.   But critics worry that the likely Trump nominees could adopt more punitive approaches at a time when a diverse group of protesters is marching for a different approach to policing and justice.

The sources said the White House is consulting aides on Capitol Hill and in the criminal justice community about four Republican candidates for the U.S. Sentencing Commission: three sitting federal judges and a fellow at the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation.

  An earlier Trump nominee, William Otis, is no longer under consideration, two sources said.  Otis' writings about race and crime had drawn criticism from civil rights groups and prisoner advocates when his name first emerged for the position two years ago.

Civil rights advocates who work on justice issues said the Trump candidates still under discussion are worrisome.  "The administration has put forth a slate that is all white, mostly male, and lacking in diverse experiences or backgrounds," said Sakira Cook, director of the justice reform program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights....

Here is a rundown of likely nominees in the coming months:

Senior U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson

Hudson is a former director of the U.S. Marshals Service nicknamed "Hang Em High Henry" for his work as a local prosecutor.  "I live to put people in jail," he once told The Washington Post during his stint in Arlington County, Va. Defense lawyers said Hudson has developed a well-deserved reputation in recent years for handing out long prison sentences from the federal bench.

Chief Judge K. Michael Moore of the Southern District of Florida

From his perch in Miami, Moore has presided over several high-profile drug cases. Earlier in his career, Moore, too, led the U.S. Marshals under then-President George H.W. Bush.

Kentucky federal judge Claria Horn Boom

Boom was nominated to the judgeship by President Trump three years ago. She won Senate confirmation for that post with only one negative vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is one of her supporters.

John Malcolm, director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation in Washington

The Meese Center is named after Reagan-era Attorney General Edwin Meese.  Malcolm helped put together an early list for candidate Trump in the event of a Supreme Court vacancy.  He's also defended the current attorney general, William Barr, for his handling of the special counsel report on Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by the president.  Malcolm, a former federal prosecutor, has reached out to allies across the political aisle to try to overhaul how many people serve prison time.  "In my opinion, under our current system, too many relatively low-level drug offenders are locked up for five, 10, and 20 years when lesser sentences would, in all likelihood, more than satisfy the legitimate ... goals of general deterrence, specific deterrence, and retribution," he told Congress five years ago.

Federal Appeals Court Judge L. Felipe Restrepo

Restrepo, who worked as a public defender before being selected for the federal judiciary by then-President Barack Obama, is under discussions for an open Democratic slot on the commission.  Restrepo, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, had been advanced for the same Sentencing Commission slot in 2018, but the Senate didn't hold a hearing on him or the other nominees at the time.

I find this story curious and fascinating for a whole lot of reasons.  In addition to seeming to confirm, as I speculated here a few weeks ago, that Bill Otis is no longer on a USSC short-list, this story leads me to wonder whether anyone really thinks any new slate of USSC appointments could get confirmed in the run up to the November election (or in the lame-duck period thereafter).  The addition of a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may be explained by this factor.  (Also, my understanding has been that there were three R spots and two D spots open on the Commission right now, so I am not sure this could be the full final slate.)  Very interesting.

Prior related posts:

Prez Trump makes (tough) nominations to US Sentencing Commission 

Lots of notable reaction to Prez Trump's nominations to the US Sentencing Commission

Another round of criticisms of Prez Trump's decision to nominate Bill Otis to US Sentencing Commission 

FAMM writes extended letter to Prez Trump to "strongly discourage" re-nomination of Bill Otis to US Sentencing Commission 

With his return to blogging, is Bill Otis no longer a potential nominee for the US Sentencing Commission? 

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