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[quote=Anonymous]I have worked in Feds and local government.  It's the same issues across government.  Way too many job protections in place.  It is EXTREMELY difficult to fire people.  A lot of incentive to stick around due to benefits offered.  It's a good job and people know it.

Main issues I have observed with my own eyes (not my friend Bob plays golf on work time):

-Work changes and government is incredibly slow at changing job classes and duties.  So entire swaths of people who really just don't have enough to do because the work has changed and their jobs still exist.
-In the Feds, there can be a lot of FTE fluff built in to accommodate vacancies.  When groups are fully staffed, there isn't really enough work to do.  (I did not see this as much in local government.)
-People who know how to game the system, including use of EEOC and ADA, and do just enough to never get fired.  It is genuinely very difficult to get rid of an average to below average employee who can show intermittent periods of doing their job.

And of course there are people in public service who work very hard.[/quote]

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