[Nachum]

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[headstamp 2]

Get the illegals in there.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm prepared to believe that the Advance Team for some hot upcoming politician has access to sweet technology, and knows how to use it. I bet they're fast and dynamic people. They know Big Data. They are masters of social media. I bet many millennials would thrive in that kind of environment.

And that describes about 0.05% of federal jobs.

Most of the federal government seems to be staffed by 55 year olds who miss Windows 95 and wish they had one of those exciting jobs over at the registry of motor vehicles.

Sclerotic? Hidebound? Risk averse? Unambitious? Yeah -- that's your federal workforce. It costs $4T a year and does almost nothing useful.

Why would a millennial sign on for that?

[knarf]

smart people like to be in a peer group and challenged ... not be around a bunch of working gimmedat’s

[winner3000]

There is nothing like a government job to suck your ambition, creativity, the desire for relevance, and your very soul right out. It is a self-selection process where those who want security at all cost go to be burried alive.

[dangerdoc]

After a lot of soul searching I recently took a federal job.

There were about 40 of us in orientation, almost everyone there looked like they were in their 40’s and 50’s. Either prior military or getting to the age where they are realizing they will be working until they die if they don’t get a guaranteed pension.

Not a single person there looked like they were in their 20’s or early 30’s.

Getting a federal job is frankly a PIA, between deciding it was something I wanted to do to actually getting a pay check was about 6 months and the process was expedited for my position, it can take close to a year to get your first job. That and getting a security clearance and taking random observed urine tests, I imagine a lot of 20 something kids don’t want that much bother.

[Steven Tyler]

Government shrinking? Coping with 0bama care cost?

Last in/ first out, according to Union senority rules

[VerySadAmerican]

Back in the 80s when companies were going on computer every geek I ever saw could sit around all day and if asked by the boss what he was doing he’d simply say “I’m thinking.” The boss didn’t have enough knowledge to challenge him.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I imagine most of the youngsters were turned off by that picture of the Las Vegas hot tub guy that came out during one of Barry’s scandals. That line dancing video with the government employee line dancing with a cast on her leg wasn’t a big seller either.

[gusopol3]

Best news I’ve read in a long time. Plus, the read between the lines is that the government is incompetent, this time even to hire a work force.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Work is for SUCKERS. ;)