>>936315>oh no, they're just humble civil servants doing this out of the goodness of their hearts>...Is bullshit.do you know who the federal government recruits along with veterans? peace corps volunteers. guys that like you said
>They go through all that schooling and take on all that debt just to get paid less than the private sector?except they got paid nothing in the peace corps.
>why would they do it?if altruism isn't enough of a reason, government projects tend to be large in scope, and utilize technology that most companies don't have access to. from an engineering perspective there are professional opportunities that you just can't get in the private sector, so you eat a pay hit.
>Everybody knows it, and there's math to back it upno there isn't. that article that was posted doesn't take into account that most government gigs require a degree, and by that principle alone means that they will get paid more. its not an apples to apples comparison, and even if you find some fields where the pay is comparable, i can easily show you just as many where its not.
>>936305i know what kind of positions you are referring to and they do exist, however they aren't as prevalent as you think they are.
most of those "coasting" positions are GS-11/12's who gave up on trying for 13 and found a hole to crawl into to ride out the rest of their 30 years. those are not the majority of government gigs. the turnover rate for GS 5 through 11 is crazy.
the reason they only work for 1-2 hours out of the day is because they purposefully stagnated their careers so they can just muscle-memory their way through the job. if you literally did the same thing for 15 years it would eventually only take you 2 hours a day too.
