There is an inertial damper on getting poor employees out of government, but there is also the up or out process that a few agencies practice. If you are unable to proceed up the ladder within a certain time period, you get to leave. Harsh, but effective. Around Seattle area, the firefighters are choosing to go out on disability than face forced retirement. This allows them to get a bit less each month, but it is all tax free.
clay On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: > > There are lots of confounding factors here. First, the economy is slow (we > don't need to establish why) so there are fewer jobs, Second, like the > industrial revolution, the information revolution has automated or > eliminated many of the jobs people did previously (there was a day I had two > secretaries). Third, people have access to entitlement programs that are > better than what they can earn working. Fourth, the relative regulatory and > tax environments make it more profitable to innovate and produce offshore. > Fifth, much of the secondary education system is failing in its real > mission: teaching students how to think and learn. And public schools, > despite having more money than ever, don't seem to be able to afford to > teach music, art, wood shop, home economics, or anything else that's not on > the standardized tests. > > An observation on HR departments and college degrees: the HR toads are not > literate in the knowledge, skills, and abilities future employees will need. > It's a no brainer that they fall back on simplistic objective criteria (like > degrees) because they can't tell a good future employee from a bad one. > Educational achievement is an important indication of ability and discipline > for folks just starting out. But track record is way more important for > mid-career employees. Having worked both for the US Government and private > industry, I believe the main problem with Government employees is that it's > too hard to fire them if they don't work out. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
