[Nifster]

Yes I have been but not the whole off my career. My auntie was.

Getting rid of all civil service employees at a change of government means you lose good workers for no good reason. Is it hard to get rid of bad employee Said? Yup. That is true through out the work force these days

[trebb]

I never said "at change of government" I said that the process of getting rid of the bad ones could be updated to allow firing the bad ones without wearing out the supervisors who have to go through the process. It's cumbersome as all get out and one must comb through a few thousand pages of different regulations and manuals to ensure all is right - then there is the appeals process and it can stretch out big time.

Getting rid of civil service folks because of a change of administration would be foolish - I agree with you there.