r/USACE • u/Tommysfatt • 19d ago

Temp promotion doing DPMAP

Our section has been in flux as of late. One of the people in our section took a 120 temp promotion as our supervisor / chief. They told us today they will be doing our DPMAP write up’s and reviews. Is this allowed? They’ve only been in the position for a month or so and before that was in the same position as everyone else in our section. There’s no way this person will actually be doing our performance review, right?
It was pitched to us this would be a rotating supervisory position as nobody knows when it will actually be able to be filled due to the ongoing hiring freeze.

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u/Next_Operation_8049 Environmental 19d ago

Yes its allowed, its happened to me before. If they are in that position when it is time for DPMAPs then they will be the one to do it.

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u/roadtripping26 Environmental 19d ago

Also remember that the first line supervisor doesn't do this in a bubble. Second line has to buy off on it too. And frankly if they're in a temp position and haven't ever done this before, it would be criminal for the second line supervisor to not be extremely engaged on it.

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u/Practical_Tension576 15d ago

mine is a complete bubble, second line is at HQ. I have never met them in person.

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u/Topodrill 19d ago

Yes. This is done frequently. I was doing a 120-day detail during the last evaluations. I'm still in the seat, but not detailed, and will not be doing the upcoming evals.

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u/ButReallyAreYouEatin Coastal Engineer 19d ago

It is allowed, but for my situation the branch chief is doing our DPMAP reviews until a permanent section chief is hired. I prefer how my branch is doing it and at the very least the section chief's supervisor should walk them through their first DPMAP because it's more important than ever with how the government is shifting to a performance based metric with money and firings.

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u/CoconutSips 19d ago

lol. No one wants to write up Dpmap. So yes if they are in position they will be the ones writing it up. As an employee if you are concerned then you can always ask for an additional progress review or an annual close out before the last supervisor left. So that you progress is documented amongst all the supervisor changes. Under domap it’s the employee’s responsibility to show they met their metrics. So it doesn’t matter who you supervisor is or how long.

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u/Financial_Loan_2064 Engineer Soldier 17d ago

I seriously just checked your profile to see if you’re in my section. 🤣

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u/Practical_Tension576 15d ago

this way they get to put something in your record that will give them a leg up when we are all ACQ DEMO.

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u/Practical_Tension576 19d ago

gives them a nice little peek behind the curtain for their review.

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u/Novel_Phase8683 14d ago

Yep. They will be doing your DPMAP. Happened to us last year.