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Byline: MARY ELLEN DONOHUE BERNE mare@higher.nysed.gov -

When Governor Pataki said that unfortunately layoffs were necessary but promised that no hard working state employee needed to worry he could not make that promise.

It's not his fault but the fault of the way the state system is set up. I believe a big fault in the state system is the so-called job evaluations. From what I've seen and from what I've heard from people in various state departments is that they are basically a joke. They are not completed seriously, not enough emphasis is put on them, and they certainly …