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Another reason not to work for the government. Even if it doesn't pass, just considering a bill like this is odd. I would hate to be at a mercy of politicians w
by avgDev 4y ago
Another reason not to work for the government. Even if it doesn't pass, just considering a bill like this is odd. I would hate to be at a mercy of politicians when private sector pays better.
When I was doing my CS degree, I went to a job fair for the feds. During a presentation they were making a student asked, "are you still drug testing programmers?", instant chuckles all around. The presenter said they are pretty strict and you have to be drug free 12 months prior to submitting your application. I talked to multiple people who attended and the sentiment was "yeah, I'm not interested".
It is so weird to me to give up talent because they smoke pot. I don't use any recreational drugs myself but so many of my college buds used variety of drugs. Some of them were exceptional team mates.
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago>I would hate to be at a mercy of politicians.. Being in private industry won't shield you. Over the past decade or so non-legislative OSHA rulings have completely annihilated business who manufactures small cranes to the favor of anyone who manufactures hydraulic equivalents. Remember all those weird conversion van/truck things, aftermarket sleepers and other "not quite a full fledged semi truck sleeper" stuff that was it's whole little industry until the 90s? DOT rule re-interpretation of a rule related to off-duty time killed all that. EPA's, DEA's and ATF's capriciousness is well known...
- dguest 4y agoI'm not sure I have any idea what you're talking about, and I remember the 90s. Do you have a more concrete example, e.g. a picture of these things?
- dsfyu404ed 4y agohttps://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/ch1015/ch1015-223836/images/ch1015-223836_2@2x.jpg https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/ch1015/ch1015-223836/images/... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/ce/ba/6eceba50ee4286808fa1aee1b294bfd7.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/ce/ba/6eceba50ee4286808fa1... https://i.redd.it/zgj5g0d0pb221.jpg https://i.redd.it/zgj5g0d0pb221.jpg They were the economically obvious solution for uses where a single day trip is beyond the limit of one day's worth of DOT working hours, you don't have enough cargo to justify running semi trucks and you're doing it often enough that dicking around finding motels is a waste of time and money. If you got "fresh maine seafood" in NYC in the 80s it was probably delivered by a 20ft light box truck with those sort of sleeping quarters. All that went away after the DOT decided that sleeping in anything other than a purpose built sleeping quarters could still satisfy the off duty requirements (I forget the exact verbiage). IMO that's how it always should have been, still everyone who made their bucks building those things, and a heck of a lot of motels that catered to commercial drivers, got screwed overnight.
- tedunangst 4y agoYour private sector company might also one day be subject to the whims of a boss who bans remote work.
- avgDev 4y agoFor sure, but I'm always looking and upskilling. I wont be concerned about losing my pension.
- darkwizard42 4y agoRemember, the current governing party is ideally interested in a dysfunctional government as it buys into their belief that "big government is bad"
- laverya 4y agoThe current governing party is not the Republicans, which control only the House while Democrats control the Senate and Presidency.
- darkwizard42 4y agoGiven the article was focused on a House bill, my intention was to refer to the majority party of the house. I realize that wasn’t specific.
- mrguyorama 4y agoAnd, as expected, only the House is stupidly dysfunctional. It's almost like voting for a party that tells you government can't do anything gets you a government that can't do anything
- Balgair 4y agoTheir efforts worked then. Reps, for various reasons, want as few people working for the gov as possible. By starving the pipeline, they also accomplish that goal.