Or, as Sartre once famously put it "Hell is....other people!"
Posted on 07/16/2016 5:07:04 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
WASHINGTON — If what is posted on Twitter is a fair indication, people in Maryland and Virginia don’t much like their jobs.
Online jobs site Monster.com and social intelligence company Brandwatch studied a year’s worth of Twitter posts from across the country and analyzed posts specifically about jobs. The study puts both Maryland and Virginia in the top 10 for job haters.
It is the second year Monster and Brandwatch have conducted the study. It analyzed two million English-language tweets.
The top 10 states where people on Twitter hate their jobs at a higher ratio than loving their jobs are consistent with last year’s results, Monster said. All are exclusively in the eastern half of the U.S., and eight of last year’s 10 lowest-ranked states made showing again this year.
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Or, as Sartre once famously put it "Hell is....other people!"
“Okay, if you choose to ignore the fact that 94.5 % in Maryland & 96.4% in Virginia work other jobs, that’s fine”
As I said a large portion of those will be stategov jobs and govcontractors.
IOW’s, 96.4% of Virginia workers are NOT private sector.
“If your point were indeed valid then Hawaii should be among that list, but they are not. So care to explain why they are not included? “
Let’s see, if I could choose my job and location:
It would definitely be in Hawaii. And it would have to be real secure with a pension so the threat of having to move off island is non-existent.
I would never choose to live and work in Maryland.
“Also explain why those who make more than the average, get top benefits, have more security, and really do not have to work hard, would hate their jobs.”
I can’t explain it! Yet it most certainly is the case!
You would think those people would be grateful and hard-working, but the case is just the opposite.
The best explanation is those in the fedgov generally have greatly inferior moral compasses.
Percentage of MD and VA residents affected by those 5% who work in FedGov jobs: 85%.
A few lucky ones far enough away don’t get touched by the disease.
4. Virginia
> Pct. working for government: 22.8%
> Median household income: $61,882 (7th highest)
> Unemployment: 5.6% (12th lowest)
In Virginia, more than 11% of all workers were federal government employees, a figure that trails just three other states. In northern Virginia, many people commute into Washington D.C. to work for the federal government. The Pentagon is also located in Virginia, right outside of D.C., employing tens of thousands of uniformed and civilian workers. Areas outside the capital region also employ many government workers, including military bases around Virginia Beach.
Also Read: American Cities With the Highest (and Lowest) Taxes
3. Maryland
> Pct. working for government: 25.5%
> Median household income: $70,004 (the highest)
> Unemployment: 6.7% (21st lowest)
More than 13% of all workers in Maryland worked for the federal government as of 2012. Many people who live in the Maryland suburbs and work for the federal government commute into Washington D.C. or the nearby suburbs in northern Virginia. In addition, Maryland is home to the National Institutes of Health, an agency that employs 18,000 people. Also, 6.4% of Maryland’s workforce was employed by local governments, the fifth-highest percentage of all states. The presence of high-paying government jobs has helped Maryland become a high-income state. In 2011, the median income was more than $70,000 — the highest in the country.
Maryland is a place with the highest earnings in the country. Of course with higher earnings comes stress. I understand that completely. Maryland is a fast paced states. No place for the weak.
As you well know, most contractors have specific deliverables that they are held accountable for producing on a date certain. Miss that date and you’re technically in default of the contract. There are other contractual conditions that must be adhered to as well but the general ‘theme’ here is accountability for work products and related services.
Many if not most feds probably couldn’t work under these demanding expectations and therefore couldn’t cut it in the private sector. And of course there are social expectations, skill requirements, and communications abilities that are necessary to function as a contractor. Bottom line is that contractors are typically held to much higher standards than are their federal “colleagues”.
If you think government will get smaller you must live in a dream world. Government grew with Reagan and W. I don’t see it shrinking under any president.
“VA Pct. working for government: 22.8%”
“Maryland
> Pct. working for government: 25.5%”
Confirms all my previous suspicions.
Lot’s and lot’s of whiny complainy overpaid, underworked, lazy GOV workers.
“If you think government will get smaller you must live in a dream world.”
Agree. There’s nothing stopping it, a viscous cycle:
More gov employees = more taxes = more regulations =
more companies moving out, less private sector jobs, more welfare = even higher taxes...
= less Freedom.
You’ve got that right! And yet we work in a “mother may I” environment, where if we need to gain access to a system it has to be signed off by a govie (in light of the post-Snowden world I guess I can understand - sort of).
Case in point: I was working a contract once where the govie in charge had actually taped cardboard boxes over the top of his cube to shield the overhead lighting. Why? So he could more easily nap during the day, undisturbed by the light. I was the technical lead, and whenever we needed to advance a change to production, I needed to walk to his cube, gently wake him, and have him unlock his workstation so he could approve the change.
That was a number of years ago, so as far as I know, he put in his 20 years and is now retired.
Did I say 20 years? For all I know it could have been 32.
True. Of course the civilian companies are in it for the big bucks only. The government is in it for control of lives.
“Of course the civilian companies are in it for the big bucks only.”
Soon the only civilian companies that are going to be left are those that contract out to the gov.
While 4 states (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana) of the top 10 list that hate their jobs are among the highest employing within government, 2 states (Alaska, Washington State) are all on the list of top 10 that love their jobs.
Now I am not saying that the preponderance of those complaining are not government workers, but there is no evidence to support that they are either.
If I had to venture a guess though, I would say it is private industry workers (usually consultants) that are working on government contracts that are more dissatisfied, than actual government workers.
The reverse was probably true until government workers started making more than their consultant counterparts. Once that happened their level of work stayed the same, almost non-existent, and the consultant level of work might even have increased while receiving less compensation.
One thing that really plays a role in this whole thing is the amount of employment available. When there are other jobs that can be had then it is easier to become dissatisfied then it is in places where alternative jobs choices are more scarce. Both Maryland & Virginia have many more opportunities than most other states, in both the private and public sectors.
Bottom line, most people hate their jobs whether they vocalize it or not, be it public or private employer, and would much rather be doing something else and making more.
“Sorry, but it proves nothing. Alaska, the number one state with the most government workers, is among the top 10 that love their jobs. Number 2, Hawaii appears on neither list.”
Sure it does:
Both Alaska and Hawaii are the two states farthest from Washington DC.
Conversely, Virginia and Maryland are the closest.
Coincidence?
I think not.
When you can provide proof of your thoughts, let me know.
“When you can provide proof of your thoughts, let me know.”
I can assure you that on any map you care to look at, you’ll find absolute proof that Maryland and Virginia are adjacent to DC and Alaska and Hawaii are indeed as far away as one can get and still remain in the US.
If you want “proof” that government workers are generally unhappy with their job, go talk to some.
Hohohoho, you are so clever and funny. Here I lived in both Maryland and Virginia for decades and never realized they were next to D.C.
Also on my visit to Hawaii I never realized that water went all the way around the land and was an ocean. Good thing I didn't know that or my entire visit I would have been worried to death that it was going to tip over.
Never even wanted to go to Alaska because it is too cold for me.
Now, when you can provide proof that the preponderance of those complaining about their jobs, are in fact government workers, let me know. Also, I noticed you never explained the previous question I posed to you either. Here it is just to refresh your memory:
Explain why those who make more than the average, get top benefits, have more security, and really do not have to work hard, would hate their jobs.
“Explain why those who make more than the average, get top benefits, have more security, and really do not have to work hard, would hate their jobs.”
I already did:
The inferior moral compass that infects all government workers:
You see this whenever any gov worker, from the head of a federal dept. testifying to Congress to your local school teacher, is confronted with their below average results.
Their answer is always, always, always, the same and in a the form of a complaint: “We don’t have enough funding.”
You repeat that long enough, it becomes true.
They REALLY believe they’re underpaid.
Well can’t say I am surprised. Civilian companies decided back in the 80’s to get rid of loyalty to their workers and now is paying the price. Civilian companies got super greedy. Took away pensions, benefits, made workers do the work of 3 people but paid horrid salaries. I can’t say I feel sorry for the companies at all. You reap what you sew.
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