What REALLY grinds your gears?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by mooby

Honestly boring has its' perks nowadays. I have a couple friends who are career feds and they're both super nervous about their jobs now. Working a fed job used to be a good thing up here, it meant career stability. Now it's become politicized like everything else so if you lose it you're competing with a shit ton of other feds who got let go and there aren't many positions around here that pay the same.

Makes me thankful I work in local gov't. Used to be a time when I wanted a fed job but not anymore.

I know many Fed employees plus a few Family members, The sad part is the misconception that they are lazy and do nothing. Sadly it will be too late by the time others realize just how much Federal employees did and how well they did it. The collateral damage from this will be devastating. I retired but went back to work for the State of Maryland at the District Court and re-retired after 5 years due to the commute.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Giantone

I know many Fed employees plus a few Family members, The sad part is the misconception that they are lazy and do nothing. Sadly it will be too late by the time others realize just how much Federal employees did and how well they did it. The collateral damage from this will be devastating. I retired but went back to work for the State of Maryland at the District Court and re-retired after 5 years due to the commute.

Agreed. I work for a local county near DC and I hate this notion that gov't workers are lazy. Granted there are a couple but no different than any job. If someone tried telling me I have this fantastic cushy gov't job I'd tell 'em to pound sand. I don't get up at 4 am every day to coast my way to retirement 30 years from now.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by mooby

Agreed. I work for a local county near DC and I hate this notion that gov't workers are lazy. Granted there are a couple but no different than any job. If someone tried telling me I have this fantastic cushy gov't job I'd tell 'em to pound sand. I don't get up at 4 am every day to coast my way to retirement 30 years from now.

I worked for the State of Maryland at the District Court Warehouse in Annapolis. Living in Charles County I would leave at 6 we would start at 8 but becuase of traffic I needed to leave at 6 but I walk in the Mornings so I was out walking at 3:30am. Going to work was 50 mins and not too bad but coming home was a nightmare. We left at 4:30pm and not a min before. With no tie up or accidents it was an hour and a half. Our Warehouse was close to rt 50 and on Fridays and holiday weeks it was horrible, many a time it was a 2 1/2 hour ride home. I was amazes at how much work the State did and you multiply that to run a Country it's unreal and for anyone to think Federal employees don't work shows just how ignorant they are.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Giantone

I worked for the State of Maryland at the District Court Warehouse in Annapolis. Living in Charles County I would leave at 6 we would start at 8 but becuase of traffic I needed to leave at 6 but I walk in the Mornings so I was out walking at 3:30am. Going to work was 50 mins and not too bad but coming home was a nightmare. We left at 4:30pm and not a min before. With no tie up or accidents it was an hour and a half. Our Warehouse was close to rt 50 and on Fridays and holiday weeks it was horrible, many a time it was a 2 1/2 hour ride home. I was amazes at how much work the State did and you multiply that to run a Country it's unreal and for anyone to thing Federal employees don't work shows just how ignorant they are.

That sounds like hell G1. Congrats on your retirement.

I also work with several people who double dip, they're collecting retirement from some other department and they still work full time for my department. Some of the hardest workers I've ever known too. I'm sure they would be thrilled to know what the public thinks of gov't workers.