That's great, hire the people that screwed up the country to begin with.
Huh? How about leaving the tens of dollars in my pocket and doing good by cutting back on government freebies.
This is a huge national problem and not just for the gov't. There are many gov't and industry jobs where people can retire at 55 years old. The boomers will leave a big hole to fill. And this hole can't be filled by low skilled immigrants (legal or illega).
Hey! I can move to MD.!!
There are jobs all over. I just looked through the offerings around the Chicago metro area, in fact.
I didn’t see in the article an intent to rehire retiring Federal employees, but rather the hiring of private sector retirees. I spent 20 years in public service at the county level and only saw half the picture. I spent the next 20 years as a private businessman and saw the other half. Needless to say, I now see the government, at all levels, in a different light, having been the victim of many self-serving and ill-conceived laws, regulations and decisions by elected officials and their minions. I think retired non-government workers could bring something to the table that’s too often missing in government; a practical and prudent approach to problem solving. As for the retiring government workers, they too should have an opportunity to work after retirement if they so desire, but only in non-government entities. I enjoyed working in my chosen field in both the government and private sector, but I think I may have handled something things differently had I had my private sector experience under my belt before working for the government.
I’m not sure the reduction of the government workforce by attrition isn’t a bad idea either.
Sounds like a scam to me: Retire, draw benefits, go back to work and draw benefits AND paycheck.
I'm a federal government employee. In my particular specialized segment of the federal civilian workforce, I'm eligible to retire at age 50 with a full pension and lifetime health insurance paid 70% by the federal government.
Since I turned 50 a few months ago, I'm thinking seriously about retiring and getting another full-time job so I can get both my pension and a new salary. This will mean a big income boost for me and my family.
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I have no desire what ever to go to work for the Imperial Federal Government.
I spent years jumping through their stupid, ridiculous hoops when I was in business. A more onerous bunch you'll never meet.
Personally, I hope they are NOT able to find replacement workers. IMHO, the govt could loose at least 55% of it's current employees and still function. Of course this would have two immediate effects:
1. It would expose the lazy inefficient bureaucrats for what they are.
2. It would also expose all the bureaucrats hiding behind the Peter Principle and just marking time till they can cash in on a fat govt pension.
Pissed? You bet I am!
No reduction in the mission... well some reduction, since there is no money to develop new stuff, which in turn means less "contract monitors", and other such positions. Of course that also means less new stuff for the troops. With the rats in control of the $$$, the military will be sucking hind teat for a good long time, even more so than under the Rockefeller Republicans.
Gen-X career progression:
Graduate College
out of work
Get hired, but not in your field
Layed off
Stop Gap job at 'Start-up' company
Company goes bankrupt.
out of work.
Boomers call you 'slacker'
Luck out and get job in your field.
Work for boomer managers.
Still in Jr. position at 40--still called 'kid'.
Congratulations, you're president of the company! They didn't hire anyone under 40 for 10 years and now they're all dead or retired!
Now figure out how to pay for their retirement and increasing health care benefits....
Everytime I read this article it pisses me off more.