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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There a lots of fed jobs that don't require college. Facilities jobs and laborers. At my old agency, non-college facilities workers on 3d shift make >$100k/year. And good for them. You want to maintain elevators on the 11 pm - 7 a.m. shift?[/quote]

There are very few facilities workers who are federal employees.  Those jobs have been contracted out almost everywhere.  [/quote]

This is completely inaccurate. It's hard to contract out facilities jobs because contractors cannot be in charge of procuring other contractors. In facilities, a variety of issues arise (specialized maintenance, replacing systems like HVAC, etc) that require purchasing.  Contractors can't do that by law, they can't commit government funds. [/quote]

There’s are contractors running all the O&M on every military base we have. This can be and is contracted out.[/quote]

Example:
https://usfcr.com/search/opportunities/?oppId=efc5f91540ac43a28b8f61f61f51200a

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Installation Readiness Center on behalf of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Carson, is issuing a solicitation for a contractor to provide Base Operations Support Services at the U.S. Army Fort Carson, CO.Description of Services:The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary as defined in this PWS. Work includes all required maintenance, labor, materials and repairs to facilities, structures, buildings, and utilities that are classified as real property, and Army Training and Evaluation Center non-real properties, unless otherwise stated in this contract, to include installed building equipment as defined in Army Regulation (AR) 420-1, Army Facilities Management. The following is a list of Common Level of Services (CLS) that will be included in this acquisition:[/quote]

That's work that probably could be done for much cheaper by federal employees but thanks to A-76 everything that can be outsourced is forced to be outsourced, and it's Republicans who have pushed for all of that privatization and outsourcing so that companies can profit.[/quote]

TY!

Some folks believe that outsourcing = job done at lower cost and that is a hell no. Private companies are not offering to do this work for less, they are in it solely for profit. [/quote]

Any fed who has worked with a contractor knows that it is faster for feds to do the work themselves, and you will get a better product. Contractors turn in the bare minimum. They aren't in it for the long haul, so quality of product isn't as important to them.[/quote]

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