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NY To Replace IT Vendors With State Workers
dcblogs writes "New York state plans to replace as many as 500 IT contract workers with a new type of temporary state worker. The state estimates it can save $25,000 annually for each contracting position that is in-sourced. This is the result of a new law creating 'term appointments,' which strip away some hiring and firing rules that apply to permanent state workers. These term appointment workers are employed 'at will.' Term appointments can be up to five years and workers get state benefits. Proponents of this change said a state IT worker might earn an average of $55 an hour, including benefits, while the state pays its contractors an average of $128 an hour for workers in similar jobs."
Never seen a state or a union employee work 40 hours in a week.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
Horseshit. You're a fucking idiot.
We are ALL accountable in state government I.T. We can't be fired, but we have reputations to protect.
State government I.T. is a VERY small world, and everyone knows everyone else. If you're a fuckup, EVERYONE knows it and you don't get any interesting work. If you're a champ, everyone knows that too -- and you get all the good projects.
You private sector pricks are just jealous that WE had the common sense to keep our unions in one piece. People who negotiate collectively get civilized treatment.
People who think they're hotshots and turn their noses up at unions get 401ks and at-will employment (at least until their jobs get sent to India).
Each group deserves EXACTLY what it gets.