Posted on 07/26/2011 4:26:42 PM PDT by mdittmar
Discouage lifers? Man get a a frigging clue.
“You have legal recourse in a [firing in the private sector]”
You do, but you have to pay a lawyer or find a contingent fee lawyer willing to take your case (and 30-40% of any recovery). In rare instances, the EEOC may prosecute on your behalf. All the while, you are unemployed and hamstrung from trying to find a new job because it may be difficult to explain what happened at your last job. Not a good scenario if you are the primary breadwinner.
“discourage lifers”
Yep, great way to destroy the institutional knowledge of an organization right there. Don’t think you understand the complexity of some jobs and systems in the military.
Yes there is a risk. Life is risky.
Which is something many in the public sector don’t realize. I had a friend who worked for the Iowa DOT, and complained he was going to be laid off in 20 months. I laughed, hard.
A 20 month notice isn’t a lay off, it is saying your contract won’t be renewed. Showing up at work and finding your stuff on the curb is a layoff. He is now in the private sector doing similar IT work for a coop. The first year out of the public sector was a shock, but he is much happier on the the outside.
It’s not a matter of wishing anybody harm, it’s a matter of strengthening the nation and redirecting useless efforts to more productive avenues in the private sector.
bet a slew of civillians would love to live in a tent or ditch in Afghanistan and dine on mri’s. What a life and to think it is the government paying for this “freebie” Do civillians risk their lives? give the jobs to military..civillians perks are outrageous.
And regarding civilian perks, they're called salary. The military traditionally pays you compensation and quarters ~ SEPARATELY. In Russia they broke with tradition by providing quarters and no compensation until you'd been in the army for a couple of years.
Typically people do their military duty when they're younger. Then they get a shot at the big bucks as civilians later on.
Usually these things don't happen simultaneously.
Military provides baracks or sleeping on ships..cushy quarters. Base housing is horrible. Fire the civillians and hire military retirees...they know more about military protocol than civillians. Retirees do and should have top priority for government jobs. Also, retired military are often in their 40’s and the private job market does not offer alot of opportunities depending on what the military has trained them to do. Their are civillians that may risk their lives but not as many as military by a long shot. LOL at my lifestyle choices? as I am the daughter of a retired navy chief and the wife of a retired navy chief...also, grew up in Norfolk and I did work on the base...made more money than I could have made in the private sector. As for the lifestyle? not easy living in Wash. State, NJ, Alabama, Virginia and Tennessee before you are 5! and never in the type of housing YOU refer to as being equal to what the civillians make...just saying there are alot of jobs the military could do on bases that would save training and money and they should have priority
Still, a military retiree is, for all practical purposes, a CIVILIAN.
Hey, I was in the military, then I got out and I became a Civilian.
Actually, I was in "the real man's Army" and people who weren't in that or something equivalent to it really have no call to criticize any aspect of my civilian years!
But I am saying allow active military to handle more of the jobs on base as it will save alot of tax dollars. My experience with career military men is they are always military...lol. I can attest to the slew of pencil pushers on the base (civillians) making more money than they could have made being a desk clerk in the private sector. Some are so disrespectful to the active duty it is unbelievable. Stand by my post that military life is not cushy and not comparable to what the majority of civillians working on a base endure and by a long cry not as dangerous.
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