Whoa! You say FERS is no big deal? You either don’t understand it or have never actually worked on the other side to compare, or both. You OWN your payroll deductions. FICA guys don’t own anything except hope that it might one day be a benefit. When you leave the gummint you have the option of taking ALL your money with you-—FICA guys don’t own a dime.
And you can get subsidized vision, dental, and life? I’m sure you don’t mean to sound ungrateful but do you have any idea how many folks can’t get that on ANY terms? Please don’t whine about how tough things are in your Federal job——if you don’t like it, learn a trade and shop for another.
Here’s a hint: I had a short federal career about four decades ago. When I left I drew my retirement. I used the money to build an apartment rental unit. That unit has repaid the full value of my retirement each year since, for the past four decades. And by the way-—there’s plenty of room to move up in the federal system. Be good at what you do. Study and learn more skills. Get smarter than your boss. Keep track of what your unit is doing and study what is going on in the larger department.
I occasionally have time to write stuff like this. You don’t. You should be studying SOMETHING so get crackin’.
I’m great at what I do, thanks. I promoted 3 steps in two years.
And I am at study...Business Law, with a 3.8 GPA.
I am also the chairperson of our local Zoning commission, volunteer at my kids school and our church, and do public speaking on the behalf of children and the adoption industry.
FERS won’t be a big deal for me, I won’t be there long enough for it to matter much.
As for toll takers, they are not federal government employees and I can’t speak about state or county employees. But tossing all of us in the same barrel is misguided and wrong, and unfair to the people who work hard.
For the rest of the class envy responses....CONTROL, ALT, DELETE...
Oh, and P.S....I’ve never worked for a company that didn’t offer vision, dental and life insurance as part of their benefit package...EVER!
My husband hasn’t either. It’s always been an option with our employers, every single one.
Perhaps our job skills, work ethic, and education has allowed us to be hired by the better companies.
To quote our resident-in-chief and his band of merry fools...I guess “IT’S NOT FAIR!!!!”