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> The people I know who find government (both state and federal) employment attractive do so because it offers a better work-life balance and, for state employe
by dataflow 4y ago
> The people I know who find government (both state and federal) employment attractive do so because it offers a better work-life balance and, for state employees, the possibility of a pension.
Student loan forgiveness is another one.
- woodruffw 4y agoThanks, I wasn't aware of that[1]. Still, I wonder if that's a major draw: federal employment numbers have been roughly stagnant for decades, and have declined on a per capita basis. [1]: https://studentaid.gov/pslf/ https://studentaid.gov/pslf/
- dataflow 4y agoThe government only needs so many employees, and automation has gradually replaced some jobs (I imagine in USPS, IRS, etc.), so I'm not sure I can draw any conclusions from that. I'd be curious on the stats too, yeah.
- neural_thing 4y agoNeeds? The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
- dataflow 4y agoEven geometric growth still has a limit...