Wow... THe only thing I have to say is that this person should see the view from here in contract land.
This bill, sequestration, has just not come due yet... but it’s building.
What this author and most everyone else doesn’t get is that this is NOT just a one day a week layoff. This is also a scaling back to EACTLY 32 hours per week, from a typical 50 - 60 hours per week! That is a HUGE productivity hit. Moreso than the lost day. This 32 hr. week can be increased, but only at the senior civilian and admiral level on a case by case and instance by instance basis.
I’m sorry, but my customer is not getting the work that was prommised to the war fighter done and it’s having a serious moral and program impacts.
The budget NEEDS cutting, but this isn’t the way, and I’m sorry, but most peeople are too ill-informed or stupid not to get this.
I hear you. I work with contractors and gov’t civilians. This sequestration thing is really, really bad. Most people have no clue how bad. I’m up at the strategic level, so I don’t know if it’s hit the tactical side real hard yet, but the effects are going to filter down—it’s only a matter of time.