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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think any position is safe. We're not dealing with people sincerely interested in improving government ops or efficiency. They want to burn it down.  [/quote]

They want to send the contracts to their friends and family. Remember that contractors cost the gov a lot more than feds. This isn’t a cost savings measure. [/quote]

Contractors do not cost a lot more. The fully burdened cost is similar but there more flexibility on how to use or remove a contractor. And the gov can enforce performance better. [/quote]

If you think it's easier to enforce performance, you've never dealt with a government contract.[/quote]

Well that's your experience. My experience is that I had an underperforming contractor and he really let things fall, didn't respond. We spoke to his management, detailed the issues and asked for him to be removed from the contract. They did more than that- they walked him out that day and fired him. Yikes.

As a fed manager I've had bad employees that skid by for decades by doing the bare minimum. When they go on PIPs, they raise their performance slightly. Then revert to status quo after. It's so frustrating. [/quote]

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