“If what is posted on Twitter is a fair indication, people in Maryland and Virginia don’t much like their jobs.”
Fedgov workers endlessly complaining, even though they’re paid double, get Cadillac health care and retire early (very).
Yup, that was my thought. Federal Government workers (or contractors).
Been there, done that. Not anymore though.
These are not primary factors in job satisfaction.
If you work in a large, rigid bureaucracy, whether in the government or a big corporation, life can be very unpleasant. Towards the end of my career, I spent my life filling out forms requesting other departments to do things, and then complaining when they didn’t do anything. And that was in the private sector!
Solution for the DC crowd who hate their jobs?
It is time to DownSize DC. Close entire Rogue/Unconstitutional Departments, including their SWAT Teams.
If 1/2 of what is done in DC ended tomorrow, no one outside of DC would notice or miss it.
And the rest of the nation would breath a little more of the fresh air of Freedom.
I forgot to include that in my post. I work with the govies as a contractor. Some of them (not all) seem to be a generally unsatisfied bunch. Given the way the leviathan works, I can understand.
To be a govie, especially one with any degree of responsibility, is a thankless job. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. The result? Stagnation.
Example: we have a computer system which consistently crashes every 2 weeks. As contractors, we’ve drawn up a detailed solution on how to fix it (basically, replace the old, worn-out physical server with a cloud-based system). We present it to the govie with the responsibility to make the decision, and he balks. “No, no, no; we need more time to study that change.” This has been going on for longer than I want to say.
Why the foot dragging? Because if something goes wrong, the finger will point to the govie, and he’ll take the heat (mercilessly) for the “screw up”. You see, they don’t look for solutions in your taxpayer-paid government; they look for blame. The result? Very little gets done.
Exactly what I was going to say. I’m part of the minority in Maryland who actually works in the private sector. I enjoy my job.
During the sequester nonsense, I was listening to a couple friends complaining because they were getting an extra day of every two weeks. (These are very productive scientists and engineers who work for DOD)
I told them that my sympathy level was zero and reminded them that I moved to Maryland because my job was sequestered permanently and my income went down to $0.00.
Welcome to the real world gentlemen. They quickly changed their tune
Exactly. FedGov.
Percentage of citizens of Virginia working in Federal Government positions: 4.6%
Fedgov workers endlessly complaining, even though they’re paid double, get Cadillac health care and retire early (very).
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All true but life in the bureaucracy is mind numbing, obsessed with trivialities and minutea, and infested with smothering internal politics. An environment like this is not a very rewarding or motivational place to work in unless you thrive on the monotonous and tedious.