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if the gulf between government benefits and private benefits continues to widen I expect to see many more people vying for government positions. at what other
by nazgulnarsil 17y ago
if the gulf between government benefits and private benefits continues to widen I expect to see many more people vying for government positions. at what other job can you expect to retire with 90% pay? add to that all the stereotypes about the do-nothing government employees (which are all true to an even greater extent than is generally imagined as far as i can tell).
- yan 17y agoWhat's the extent of 'as far as I can tell?'
- bwd2 17y agoI can't answer for the author of the parent, but for my part I combine my own personal experiences dealing directly with employees of government agencies with the stories I hear from a friend of mine who works for a consulting firm and often deals with government employees, including a very long assignment working for FEMA as part of the Hurricane Katrina cleanup. A particularly interesting data point for me was the experience of registering a car at the Connecticut DMV vs. registering in Pennsylvania where the process is privatized. Has anyone ever seen any scientific evidence comparing productivity of private sector vs. public sector employees?
- californiaguy 17y ago> registering a car at the Connecticut DMV vs. registering in Pennsylvania where the process is privatized. Protip: Privated AAA does everything the DMV does.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agostudying the history of the civil service's relationship to elected politicians as well as hunting down first hand accounts from people who have worked in the system for years. also the fact that Yes, Minister is regarded as the most accurate show about politics ever made. My above mentioned study seems to confirm that it is indeed scarily accurate.