you will be federalized,unionized,and assimilated by the Borgbama:
Posted on 12/11/2009 9:39:52 AM PST by FromLori
Because they're more skilled than the private sector.
Latest analysis from USA Today finds that the federal government has been creating a lot high paying jobs for itself.
Yet, the excuse is that they're hiring more skilled people than in the past:
USA Today: "There's no way to justify this to the American people. It's ridiculous," says Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a first-term lawmaker who is on the House's federal workforce subcommittee.
Jessica Klement, government affairs director for the Federal Managers Association, says the federal workforce is highly paid because the government employs skilled people such as scientists, physicians and lawyers. She says federal employees make 26% less than private workers for comparable jobs.
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Half of every graduating class graduates at the bottom.
These people go into government.
Anyone at college sees private industry recruiting on campus with only the high achievers.
This is BS they are hiring better then private industry.
This is outrageous. Recommend everyone click on the link and read this in full.
37 czars with 6-figure salaries should just about cover that 46%
and this...
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Drain your own swamp first, Congressman. I know you're only a rookie, but Congress is the problem, incapable of policing itself.
according to the article: 19% of all civil servants now make more than $100,000! This is where the stimulas money went. Too prop up federal union wages.
Let's not forget FLOTUS' staff.
Jessica Klement, government affairs director for the Federal Managers Association, says the federal workforce is highly paid because the government employs skilled people such as scientists, physicians and lawyers. She says federal employees make 26% less than private workers for comparable jobs.
1. Federal Managers Association = Union.
The Federal Managers Association is the oldest, largest, most influential professional association representing the interests of the nearly 200,000 managers, supervisors, and executives serving in today's Federal government. Since 1913, FMA has been a passionate advocate for excellence in Federal public service through effective management, as well as a forceful champion of its members' legislative agenda.2. Federal employees make 26% less ...
Either they are stupid, or Ms. Klement is lying. Count the lifetime payout, not just annual salary; and note too the absence of risk of layoff. Once in, "permanent," there are no federal downturns. There is NOPLACE in private employment with that perk.
“...She says federal employees make 26% less than private workers for comparable jobs...”
Knee-jerk reaction is to doubt this for a few reasons, one being: Are they comparing total compensation or just salary? There’s a drammatic difference between a public sector at-will employed person paid X per year w/benefits vs. public sector (pension, Cadillac benefits, possible union, cola, etc.) job also also paid X per year.
How many people here have seen a former GOVT. worker who ‘retired’ after 20 years to work in the private sector?
(nevermind the double income from retirement and 2nd job)
They are the worst!
They think back-stabbing, power consolidation, and work pawning are normal daily activities. Almost as if they think the private workplace is a ‘survivor’ episode and they need to make ‘alliances’
I think survivor is a good example of the mind-set of the govt work force. If you can stomach watching it
We have been feeding Leviathan far too much for far too long. He has grown into a self-serving Leviathan whose purpose in living is to become a more perfect parasite on our personal wealth. The only way to deal with such a beast is to put it on a starvation diet.
What are you talking about? If a federal employee retires they have a 401K they pay into like the private sector. Works just like the private sector.
They could be “Riffed” but are impossible to fire.
Skunk-a-palooza ..... and the robbery of the taxpayer rolls on
Don’t they have PERS instead of SS?
They pay social security and pay into a 401k. Your back in the 1970’s. Never heard of “PERS” They pay for their health insurance, the private sector’s health insurance is usually cheaper. Most of the Federal workforce has at least a college degree. Also, most of the Federal workforce are located in metropolitan, high cost localities. If they don’t do their job they do get fired. It is not difficult to fire a federal employee.
Heh. That's (draining the swamp) part of what corrupted D.C. in the first place.
If D.C. had been left in its original, mosquito infested swamp, state instead of drained and turned into a Federal Utopia... maybe the parasites presenting infesting the place wouldn't have been so inclined to take up permanent residence there?
What crap! And the goobberment points fingers at the excutive salaries that are being paid in industry...
Government needs to look at those three fingers pointing back at itself.
Just like that Bush flogging horse they created.
This is a straw man. The problem is the man behind the curtain. The shadow government. Look behind the smoke at the Federal contractors. They are multi millionaires on the backs of the American people. There are at least as many federal contractor employees as Federal employees, maybe more, that receive tax payer money. Many who make at least $200,000 a year. But the media ignores this. Most of DC is federal contractors.
Yes not only that way but this way too the bailouts they privatized the profits and socialized the losses
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=a_FBCEcYdwOY
One thing I learn in life is never make that type of judgement on people’s career choices. I remember people in college used to make fun of engineers who chose ROTC or government careers. Today they are the ones who have steady jobs and the ones in private industry, especially if they are older than 45 years old are the ones who get laid off and with the recession many are unemployed. Now they must go and ask people who they called losers for a job in the government.
So, does anyone have a link to a verified 2010 GS Pay Scale?
Yes it is outrageous. It is obscene.
Until Congress decides on the cost of living increases, there is no verifiable 2010 pay scale. The closest thing is the 2009 data found on the opm.gov website.
A note of caution. There really isn’t a pay scale since many localities are paid at different rates based upon cost of living. The GS scale only applies to the areas where there are few government employees.
you will be federalized,unionized,and assimilated by the Borgbama:
Is it
(a) step increases? (Hard to believe; these are small but generally unpreventable)
(b) quality step increases (again small but it takes action by the supervisor to get one)
(c) grade increases? (not just action by the supervisor but also the supervisor’s supervisor, personnel, et al.)
(d) promotions to Senior Executive Service?
Bump
It does happen. Collect your TSP and stay on as a contractor, get a job at a college, etc.
Has the big government lobby of the Free Republic showed up here yet?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405542/posts
It’s a mixture of all four I suppose. The Agencies dealing with high-tech matters have to pay people salaries comparable to what they could make in the private sector just to get them on board.
Someone who can make >$150k with a private company isn’t going to work for the gov’t for very much less even in exchange for job security.
Everything you’re saying goes against everything I have ever heard, but I presume you know wherof you speak.
PERS is the Public Employees Retirement System. It’s a much better deal than SS. This still exisits, and I know at least 2 people in it. Although they weren’t fed employees (state and county).
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