Give me a break. As a former State employee, I can say with clear conscious public employees are over appreciated. Forget all the rhetoric, this is the truth.
1. Low skilled employees are paid higher than private. Add the pension it's like stealing. That said, who can blame them for desiring that job?
2. Professional employees are paid more than private. There are some exceptions, but I promise you, professional public employees aren't held to the standard of private sector employees. Add the pension and they're stealing.
3. Skilled employees (i.e., developers, actuaries, attorneys) are underpaid. But then you add the pension, and again it's like stealing. They often use contractors at high pay, no pension. The majority of good ones have entered the private sector for more cash, and a lot of those are Eastern Indians.
On a side, it's interesting to note there's not a great disparity in pay between low-skilled and skilled. That's called socialism.
4. People move up the ranks if they're a yes man. You just have to agree, make others feel it's their idea. What you produce and ability has little meaning. Friends & family are a bonus in, as is being a woman. Race plays a part as well.
5. Most take advantage of the pension by chasing the ranks. The higher the pay the more your pension. The worst example of this are Administrators, who capture the position only to soon retire. It's a game. It's beyond me these "programs" don't put a cap on pensions. They're throwing your money away
6. Other than managerial, the higher up the ladder the less you do. There are some exceptions.
7. You know the stories about waste and inefficiency? Well, it's worse than that. Meetings are a real kicker. Lots of money thrown into the people who sit around the table. Half don't know what they're talking about, but that doesn't prevent them from nodding their heads. It's pathetic. They often approach a problem without an understanding of the problem. Must make for great results, right?
8. They throw money away at useless shit, from software to equipment. They constantly used new software to avoid doing things my way, only to end up doing things my way, at a cost of ZERO. They travel when it's not necessary.
9. While there are personality conflicts everywhere, many of these employees are abusive. They simply would not cut it in the private sector.
10. Project Management is a hoax. Everyone wants to be a project manager seems. They'll choose anyone in their ear, throw a ton of money at it, study and attend courses as opposed doing their work. Many of these people couldn't manage their way out of a wet paper bag, before and after these courses. A lot of that is liberalism, because they're too concerned about feelings.
I know a wealthy entrepreneur in finance, and he told me the real 1% are government employees, simply because nobody else gets the great pension with so little contribution. I get it.
