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Yankee06
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Truly a sad development
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3/11/2010 10:19:43 PM
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-Interesting thread.
-Maybe too much to really talk about here: wages, benefits, efficiency, effectiveness, etc.
-But my wages have been good enough over the years so that I can add another two cents here.
-I worked 28 years in the Army; two years as a government civilian; 10 years as a civilan in a large firm, and four years as head of my own small firm. ..so I have had a little flavor of both government and non-government jobs, workers, wages, and benefits..
-On wages, my sense is that at teh lower end of teh scale, civilian and government are close, but government benefits are better. In mid-level, government pay is generally higher, and benefits are better. At the higher levels, government pay is way lower and benefits are also way lower.
-Example, a two-star general makes about $150,000 a year. As a division commander he is in charge of approximately 20,000-25,000 soldiers. In the Iraq invasion, he had to move those 25,000 soldiers 8,000 miles in such a manner that when they arrived they could move in sequence across hundreds of miles while under attack. How many people in civilian life who make $150,000 year have that kind of responsibility.
-Another example: The Chief Justice of teh Supreme Court makes about $180,000 a year . Judge judy makes more than $10 million.
-Of course I could also give examples of high-level government officials who wouldn't be trusted running the copier in civilian companies, and vice-versa.
-The government is never going to be efficient, ...the best we can ask for is that it be effective. However, sometimes we don't even get that. I can't speak for all government agencies, but I know that in Defense there are a lot of people working hard for long hours, that translates to low hourly wage, to give us effective results.
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