^Not true at all Not in the government. There is little to no pressure to get rid of underperforming employees because you can always just dig a little deeper

^Not true at all Not in the government. There is little to no pressure to get rid of underperforming employees because you can always just dig a little deeper in to tax payer pockets and get more people. And any time you happen to hit the jack pot and higher a good engineer they end up leaving after a year to two because it’s imposable to get anything done in the government. I have been working in the government as a software engineer as a contractor imbedded in a government agency for almost 3 years now. The stories of brain drain in the government due to the untenable working conditions are true. When I was first hired I was told that I got the job but was then strung along for 2 months before I got my start date. When I finally showed up on day one multiple people commented on how fast they were able to push me through the system... After starting I was told I could not have any internet accesses on my development machine and that I would have to use a laptop next to me that is connected to a government machine. That laptops internet connection was totally useless with every other page and virtually all downloads blocked. If I do manage to get a download to go through I have to burn it to a disk take it up 2 flights of stairs scan it for virus before transferring to my stand-alone dev machine. If I can't downloaded it I have to wait until lunch drive 25 mins home download the file, burn it, drive back, scan, copy back to machine. I fully understand that such security measures might be need for the most sensitive DoD projects but the stuff I work on is in no way sensitive. When I need to order something even small things the process can take months and months. We had to order some projector bulbs for a very specialized projector which was only produced by the company that made the projector. The procurement process took 10 months and we were not allowed to buy the bulbs from the manufacture we had to buy them from a 3rd party at a steep markup. I have stayed this long because I am being compansated well (a little better then I could do in the Valley after taking into account cost of living) but its not worth it. The system is broken and I am burned out.