You are right. Freeloading probably isn't the right term. But it is an abusive scheme.. particularly given that performance expectations usually aren't reasona

You are right. Freeloading probably isn't the right term. But it is an abusive scheme.. particularly given that performance expectations usually aren't reasonable, and once someone has "gotten on", they are usually very hard to get rid of. In the meantime, someone in the private sector is being increasingly squeezed for performance, can be gotten rid of almost on a whim and is very unlikely to have lifetime pension benefits.. particularly ridiculously unsustainable ones like public employees. True, they do have the potential of a larger salary and probably more job satisfaction. I just wish a balance could be found allowing people to actually enter productive jobs and make an effort towards improving the world while enjoying (a more reasonable version) of the pension benefits public "workers" (I use the term loosely) enjoy.