[1/5] 3 charts+lessons we should learn @IllinoisIDES:
1. Govt can't meet expectations w/o proper resources
2. Govt can't operate when shorted employees
3. Annual trimming of budget "fat" will eventually take its toll.
Posting to offer context to the challenge unfolding at IDES.
1. Govt can't meet expectations w/o proper resources
2. Govt can't operate when shorted employees
3. Annual trimming of budget "fat" will eventually take its toll.
Posting to offer context to the challenge unfolding at IDES.
[2/5] Let's start w/ resources the agency has at its disposal. Overall, @IllinoisIDES is spending less $ today than it did a decade ago (adjusting for inflation would make chart much worse). Isolated, agency ops are flat. About $195m in both & 2019. 
[3/5] Adding now: workforce is stretched thinner than it has ever been. @IllinoisIDES headcount is at a historic low. @GovPritzker's budget request submitted back in Feb asked to raise headcount to 1,300. This follows larger trend in most state agencies over the past decade.
[4/5] Now this: most stunning view of current situation. At a time when resources are near record low and employees are the fewest, this chart puts into perspective what has been heaped onto @IllinoisIDES. The 700k is an est for the past month. Look at it compared to '09.
[5/5] Using a Great Recession ratio (decade high) of claims per month per employee as base & DOUBLING every employee's workload, headcount at @IllinoisIDES should increase by about +4,600 to handle it.
Some food for thought. No "fat" here.
Another lesson: I miss making charts.
Some food for thought. No "fat" here.
Another lesson: I miss making charts.
