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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't hate them, but they have everything going for them, and some still seem broke and complaining here.
My earned income averages $30k since 1996. Between no raises and wage theft, I still managed to retire years before 50.
Don't complain about money. Concentrate on making it last once you take it home. I doubt the pay is minimum wage.[/quote]

What do you mean by “wage theft” ??[/quote]

this would appear to be the immigrant service worker poster who picked herself up by her bootstraps and has made millions by playing the stock market, it's super easy!

anyway, the conditions of my federal job that is currently not paying me are that i basically can't buy stocks or bitcoin, primarily can only hold broad mutual funds, and i have to ask permission before i buy or sell those too. even now.

basic facts: 40% of federal workers are veterans. before 2025, only 15% lived in the greater dc area, that number is a lot lower now. folks that are not federal workers historically have seemed frustrated at how hard it was to get a federal job; it is a lot easier to tell oneself that those folks who have dedicated their life to civil service are just privileged, lazy jerks than dedicated workers who have long accepted lower wages in return for now-destroyed job security.

i've spent 35 years in the workforce: 5 years in the private sector, 15 years in startups/tech/silicon valley, 5 years in academia, 10 years in federal service. the federal service has been where i have consistently worked with the best people. i've never been physically assaulted, sexually harassed, or threatened and intimidated-- not something i can say about my private sector work experience.

in the private sector, as a salaried employee, i could legally work 5 hours or less a day if i got my tasks done. in the federal service, i can't do that; i have to work 8 hours a day and attest to that on my timesheet. in the private sector, i could and did earn stock options and trade stocks for significant extra income- can't do that now. in the private sector, if my employer went bankrupt or got acquired or just did a RIF (those things happened at least 5 times over my career) no one mocked me or cheered it on, unlike now.

there's something very wrong with this country right now, but it's not the fault of the federal workers. [/quote]

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