I don't know where these other "Gov't" employees work, but I work for DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service). On average I work 10 hours of overtime per week, I am on call 24/7 and we go through "seat management" (down sizing). We don't have a guaranteed job, like some of these people have stated. I work on W2K, Exchange 2000, Novell, Oracle, Cisco equipment as well as dealing with inside and outside plant. I feel challenged on a regular basis and have no idea where these people get their info from. If there are other Gov't agencies being run with employees they can't fire they need to read the regulations, it's not that hard to get rid of the worthless. I've worked in the private sector (nation wide corp. and as a consultant/contractor). I just found that if I wanted to travel and see other countries it is better to work for the Gov't. I currently reside in Tokyo, Japan and in a year or so I will head on over to Germany. So think what you will about Gov't employees, but until you have walked a mile in both sets of shoes you really are just guessing about the facts, aren't you.
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boy you live in a dream land. do you even have a job?
I don't know where these other "Gov't" employees work, but I work for DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service). On average I work 10 hours of overtime per week, I am on call 24/7 and we go through "seat management" (down sizing). We don't have a guaranteed job, like some of these people have stated. I work on W2K, Exchange 2000, Novell, Oracle, Cisco equipment as well as dealing with inside and outside plant. I feel challenged on a regular basis and have no idea where these people get their info from. If there are other Gov't agencies being run with employees they can't fire they need to read the regulations, it's not that hard to get rid of the worthless. I've worked in the private sector (nation wide corp. and as a consultant/contractor). I just found that if I wanted to travel and see other countries it is better to work for the Gov't. I currently reside in Tokyo, Japan and in a year or so I will head on over to Germany. So think what you will about Gov't employees, but until you have walked a mile in both sets of shoes you really are just guessing about the facts, aren't you.