New Government Loyalty Test

So, essentially "das leben des anderen", with knowledge conducting the life of others, or even destroy them by denying getting any work at all.
 
If you can get all the way through this orientation without rolling your eyes or muttering then you're probably OK.
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I don't really see how that is a "Loyalty Test"... From a quick view, it doesn't look like it's much different from any of the other click-through "training" exercises I've seen. There are probably at least 10-15 other similar click-through tests you have to complete every year to maintain even the most basic of clearances.

In one instance, the game warns federal workers that they should consider a hypothetical Indian-American woman named Hema a "high threat" because she frequently visits family abroad, has money troubles and "speaks openly of unhappiness with U.S. foreign policy."
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HAS MONEY TROUBLES is the point you were supposed to key in on there. If you agree with it, or not, that is the general stance is any money issue is a really big deal. The rest is pretty much distraction. Of course, it's not the controversial part that others might key in on... But almost all computer based training I've seen is very brain-numbingly painful in similar ways.
 
You gotta wonder why they'd bother when they allegedly already know what everyone thinks anyway.
 
ilwrath said:
I don't really see how that is a "Loyalty Test"...
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You demonstrate loyalty by clicking through the test and implicitly agreeing to the "rat out your coworkers" policy. It would also self select out those who couldn't make it through the test without choking on their own vomit and so would naturally prevent someone from progressing to higher classifications.

Of course I've clicked through dozens of these "training" things and they are usually pretty funny. Their main purpose seems to be to protect the company if an employee behaves illegally.

This one doesn't look much more practical than most of the stuff I've clicked through, which mostly seem to teach that the crime was "getting caught". In this case it seems to tell you how to identify foreigners. Sure, some people leak for money - but the ones you really have to watch out for are those people with a conscience. Perhaps making people click through an exercise on how to spot a foreigner will slow down the careers of the people with consciences.

HAS MONEY TROUBLES is the point you were supposed to key in on there.
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Could these sorts of problems be relieved by paying the staff?
 
Glaucus said:
You gotta wonder why they'd bother when they allegedly already know what everyone thinks anyway.
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That's why I think the nature of the test is mostly psychological. It helps build the "us and them" privileged group identity that fosters secret keeping.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
You demonstrate loyalty by clicking through the test and implicitly agreeing to the "rat out your coworkers" policy. It would also self select out those who couldn't make it through the test without choking on their own vomit and so would naturally prevent someone from progressing to higher classifications.
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Yeah, I suppose there may be something to that point, as well. But, for the most part, these types of things usually follow a boring presentation that contains a bunch of bullet points on things to look for. Then this portion is the test to make sure you at least skimmed it and maybe something reached at least your short-term memory.

Of course I've clicked through dozens of these "training" things and they are usually pretty funny. Their main purpose seems to be to protect the company if an employee behaves illegally.
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Some of them are hilarious to the point of being almost bearable. I particularly liked one I had to take about the detection and prevention of human trafficking. You end up reading about a scenario where you've accidentally stumbled into a whorehouse in Thailand... :D

Could these sorts of problems be relieved by paying the staff?
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Meh, maybe somewhat. But pay level doesn't matter much to fiscal responsibility. (see bankrupt bankers) These jobs typically pay enough that you can balance a budget if you so choose. And (lack of) pay usually isn't the top reason for employee (dis)satisfaction, anyhow.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Could these sorts of problems be relieved by paying the staff?
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I'm not in this thread, but there is something to be said about companies who pay an ehtical wage, like Whole Foods. Ethical wage = happy employee = good employee. Have you ever seen a happy Walmart employee?
 
redrumloa said:
I'm not in this thread, but there is something to be said about companies who pay an ehtical wage, like Whole Foods. Ethical wage = happy employee = good employee. Have you ever seen a happy Walmart employee?
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Not only wage, but attitude towards employees is very important. With very big, hierarchical companies, the loyalty dwindles quick enough, as employees are of less and less value to the company, and therefore, less valued.
 
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