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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have the same problem in corporate America.  There are the hard workers and then those who skate by.  It took me almost a year to fire a person who was doing basically no work.   [/quote]

For every Fed worker reading a newspaper I see a nepo hire.  There are inequalities all over.

[b]The Feds are the last bastion of MC life though where the expectation is just 40 hour weeks for many and some stability, the same deal corp workers had in the 60s. I can see why the corporate masters want to end it. [/b][/quote]

THANK YOU 🙏 for pointing this out. 🔥🔥🔥

What a weird mindset being displayed on this thread.  I get paid far less than the private sector and I work my 40 hours exactly- and that’s the way it should be for everyone.  It’s enough for a happy, healthy middle class existence at the present moment and it must infuriate people like Elon Musk who think workers need to have a slavery/hustle mentality.  It’s a race to the bottom and they want the government to join.

I want to raise my children, go to pottery class, clean my own house, and have regular sex with my husband.  I do not want to work to the point of exhaustion in some job where people will forget about me 2 months after I’m gone.  I don’t need to explain myself to random strangers who think feds don’t work enough.  If I get fired, my educational background is elite enough that I could get a really good job wherever I want.  My work is valuable and I love working for the public good- but that’s doesn’t mean I or anyone else needs to be dominated by our jobs.
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Everyone wants this in Fed or Private or Nonprofit.
I think the problem is that the kind of people in charge don't want to use economics (sometimes it's a workers' market!) but rather want to create false scarcity of jobs and keep everyone "hungry" and competitive. Which is not a real economic condition. But think about who these people are. They want to maximize shareholder profits. [/b]

[i]What's the answer? Stronger unions again? That could backfire.[/i] [/quote]

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Non fed PP here. I appreciate most fed public servants. Thank you to those that have worked particularly to serve, you are appreciated! I agree that we all  really should have better options for work and family life balance.
I also agree that this is about creating false market scarcity conditions, maximizing shareholder profits, and especially maximizing the pursuit of power and control by a few oligarchs.  [/quote]

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