I worked for private sector for 25 years before my company outsourced my job in 2002.
I do the same job now, for the Feds. It is, however, much more complex due to regulations.
I just now, this year, passed by 2002 salary. The benefits are non-existant, and I get 10 holidays and 4 weeks vacation, which I earn.
In my other job, I had earned 5 weeks vaca and was closing in on 6. We had 14 Holidays. I also had my yearly planner purchased for me, my home internet was paid for by the company for when I needed to work from home, and no one made a huge fuss if we had training conferences.
I’m not the one complaining...I feel like I’m serving my country. The other yahoo’s on here sound like the evious occuturds.
I am thankful for my job and I am honored to serve my country, but it’s not the pot of gold some of you think it is.
The government does much more R&D too ... we are on the cutting edge of technology development ... and for that we are willing to get paid a little less.
I have your back on this one. Are there some government positions that are overpaid/over manned, hell yes. But that is not the norm. Most of us make pretty close to what our non-government counterparts make.