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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it sucks, but it’s just putting Federal workers on a level footing with the vast majority of Americans. Why should Feds have more job security than the rest of us? Maybe it’s time for all Americans to have better workers rights, but I don’t think Feds should be some protected class. If eliminating Federal jobs leads to better efficiencies and cost savings for taxpayers, then so be it. [/quote]

Why would you think it would create better efficiencies and cost savings for taxpayers? Contrary to popular belief, most federal workers are working at jobs to do things that Congress has directed the government to do. How’s all that stuff going to get done? The federal jobs piece is kind of the minor piece of what’s going on - the real issue is what won’t happen without people doing the work.

Sure, make it more efficient to fire low performers, most Feds are on board with that (although it actually isn’t impossible now) but this is just taking a ton of expertise on incredibly complex issues and throwing it out the window. [/quote]

But you’re missing the point: why should Feds have better job security than the private sector? Answer: they shouldn’t. And since they have essentially been unfireable for decades, there are surely many we can do without. [/quote]

A few months ago I might have agreed with you. In general, I think it should be much easier to fire low performers in the federal government. And reducing some of the civil service protections seems like a necessary part of that.

But this administration demonstrates the problem with that. They're not going after low performers. They're just trying to punish people they don't like and who they can't control.

Also remember that the justification for lower compensation for highly-skilled, professional federal employees has been based on the idea that the jobs were more secure/stable because of those protections. Are you willing to pay cybersecurity engineers and lawyers what the Fortune 500 companies pay?[/quote]

yup. I've worked half my life in private industry, now 10 years in federal government. I took a lower-paying government job because I wanted job stability and I really liked the mission. As recently as last year I could get 2-3 times what I currently earn in private industry. State by state, you've allowed your elected body to reduce private employees to have no rights whatsoever as "at-will employees". It really shouldn't be that way, but y'all keep getting what you voted for, good and hard, and now you want to somehow put the blame on civil servants?[/quote]

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