“government worker is 45% more than an equivalent worker in the private sector”
The real number is much higher than this because government “workers” do little actual work. If private sectors workers don’t do the job they are dismissed. If government employees do not do the job they stay around for years.
My client said it is such a scam. What would take us 3 hours to do takes them six weeks. He was in on a meeting and the boss was pleading with his workers to work. (He couldn't yell at them because then the union would be come down on the boss for harassment). But pleading. “Come on guys, if you can just give me 4 hours of good hard work each day we can be back on track in three weeks. PLEASE!” (BTW - they work four 10-hour days!)
My client said the boss couldn't even get them to do that.
At another government site the head manager we were supposed to see to was never around. His receptionist would say he had stepped out, at a meeting, etc. (For two days we got the run-around.) When we finally got ahold of another manager he said “Oh - she's just covering for him. He comes in and turns on his lights and computer - then goes to his civilian job for the day. Swings by the office at the end of the day to turn everything off.”