- Dec 27, 2012
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I guess when I'm at work I worry about doing my job and getting the overall mission done. I could care less if the person next to me has the same work ethic. Regardless if a private company or the tax base is writing the check. I've never meet a successful person who let the guy next to them dictate their production.
Sustainable or not is a conversation to be had. But crying and complaining about not having certain benefits when it is rather easy to obtain those benefits is counter productive at best.
You don't have to be a .Gov worker to get those benefits. You do have to work your tail off and focus on your work. The other option is to apply to those places offering those oh so glorious benefits folks described.
If I wanted 50% off of Apple products I'd go work for them. If I wanted a six figure salary I'd find that upper management spot and strive to get it. If 4 weeks of vacation was important to me I'd negotiate that with my employer. But complaining about what someone else gets is very counter productive to the whole thing.
At the end of the day we are all just trying to find a good seat on the Titanic. Worry about getting a seat that fits you not the person next to you.
This is going to go over like a lead ballon but here goes: federal paychecks and benefits are paid for by the taxpayers. So yeah some of us get our knickers in a wad when we see a guy getting 30 paid days off a year while the "company" they work for is drowning in debt.
Please don't take it personally, I don't dislike .gov workers. I very much dislike the entire federal employment system. I think there are way,way, way too many federal jobs.
If you got your slice of the cheese though, well good for you.