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Should this article get a humor tag here?
I believe the overwhelming majority of government workers would be useless to private industry.
They would be required to WORK and PRODUCE something.
Besides, there aren’t any jobs to be had in private industry.
So, I suppose we’ll just continue to support the useless mass.
Better benefits and better pay. Many of my private sector friends and I talk about going to government jobs for less stress, less hours, better medical, and pensions. They are obviously not aware of the real world.
My Grandfather told me, “Every person you meet will tell you that they are overworked and underpaid.” He was right.
Unless they are staff attorneys, wait til they see the salary offers, the lack of benefits and unionization, and [lack of] job security, and let that simmer in their little brains for half a minute. Not 10% of them would or could follow through with even a half hearted attempt. Yeah, they’re “thinking” about it. Pfffft. Uh huh, at age 59, I’m thinking about becoming an NFL quarterback. Deeply.
In these surveys a lot of people will always be “considering” leaving. Considering is a far cry from doing. During the Dinkins administration, similar numbers were “considering” leaving NYC, few actually did.
One thing to consider is the huge number of baby boomers in the Federal service. If they can get an early retirement, they could take a lower-paid job in private industry and end up with more money on the whole. Anyone in their fifties in the Federal sector with some marketable skill and a whiff of intelligence is going to be considering that option.
And for those who don’t think Feds have marketable skills, let me say as a Federal employee myself how the employment system works. Let’s say you have an auditor in the Federal government. They had a degree in auditing or at least enough college coursework to meet the requirements. Thus, they know something about the field. Is there dead wood in the Federal sector? Yes, but it’s not because people are hired without some skills on paper. The problem is they sometimes become dead wood after hiring.
Maybe they got a much needed wake-up call from Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee?
If I was fat, dumb and happy with a mortgage and a job inside the Beltway. my house would now be up for sale and my CV would be updated. But then that would make me one of the smart ones so I contradict myself.
Thank you Senators Cruz and Lee!!!
Good luck finding a job that won’t require you to work more than 75% of the time normals do.
Many are getting near retirement age. Time to double dip!
Average government worker earns 2x private sector worker.
There's no way the louses & lardasses working in the DMV, educational establishment, EPA, etc are considering leaving. They're rolling in dough.
The other half don’t want to have to work
Hi tech jobs are not direct government jobs in most cases. The government doesn’t pay well enough for that. The good ones work for private contractors and many are very good at what they do and get paid much better than government workers.
Did these manage to avoid the 300% over payment of government.
Half of federal employees leaving government will be disappointed on both compensation and accountability expectations as compared to government jobs.
OH MY!!
What greener pastures? They will never get the salaries or bennies in private enterprise that they have with Uncle Sam.
“Half of federal employees considering leaving for the private sector, survey finds”
Bwahahaha. That is beyond funny.
The private sector isn’t that green any more.