Greece to slash 20% of public workforce "right now"

[darwin666]

Quote from SomeYoungGuy:

As an American, I hope that doesn't happen here. When I walk into the DMV or Post Office, I always find myself glad that these people have somewhere they can be a part of something, get paid a wage, and keep out of my hair for the most part.

Can you imagine if these people, and all the rest of the incompetent bafoons squirrelled away in bureaucracies that I never see, flooded the private sector market? They would work their way into your company and mine, not by their own merit, but like the common cold virus infects your nose. By itself the cold virus is very weak, it dies after a few seconds or minutes on a countertop or phone, most even die immediately on exposure to air.

It is by the shear numbers of germs that flood out of your sick coworker's nose during a sneeze that land directly on your mucus membranes, or the huge wad of booger that some snot nosed brat left on a door handle, that one microbe makes it's way into your body. And that's all it takes then your flooded with virus.

One of those people would make it into every company. Can you imagine? No where to go. Every company run at every level by the same incompetence. And they would never leave, it's not in their microbe DNA to leave a job once they have it. They just move up when someone dies or retires. Just like the cold attacks your nose until it runs and runs, it establishes a stronghold and attacks your eyes until the water and turn red. Then it attacks your ears until the plug, your lungs until they cough and hack up little mucus balls, and set you into a fever and general malaise. The cold won't kill you, but you sure as hell aren't going to win any races.

Just like I disagreed with Reagan turning out the crazies from the loony bins; it worth some of my tax dollars so I don't have to deal with the loonies on the street. I also disagree with massive layoffs at gov't agencies; I don't want that brown wave of incompetence flooding the private sector and turning my great country into a sea of incompetence.

ok. I agree.. we keep them employed.. but in 90% of the world economies... Public sector is supposed to be lethargic and underpaid.. and private sector is where u get better benifets and less job security and more pay..

but in this country. thanks to the unions and only ~5 -10% of folks vote -very slacker vote turnouts. here.(in DFW area ) texas- my council man told me)... the police/ firefighter and teacher unions... influence their pay packets so much

while in the pvt sector.. jobs are vanishing due to outsourcing.. and benefits are getting cut..

so u get it... these SLOBS are getting the cake and eating it too... job security.. better benefits and salaries. while we foot the bill.
as u know.. a city is obliged to meet its commitments. even if the tax the hell out of the rest of us.. this extortiion has to stop

that is why.. if CONGRESS PASSES A BILL... mandatory 10-20% cut. to all public govt city employees..

i really want to see how many employees quit and say their skills can get them a better salary in the private sector.. my guess is NONE..

 

[canuckrookie]

Quote from darwin666:

ok. I agree.. we keep them employed.. but in 90% of the world economies... Public sector is supposed to be lethargic and underpaid.. and private sector is where u get better benifets and less job security and more pay..

but in this country. thanks to the unions and only ~5 -10% of folks vote -very slacker vote turnouts. here.(in DFW area ) texas- my council man told me)... the police/ firefighter and teacher unions... influence their pay packets so much

while in the pvt sector.. jobs are vanishing due to outsourcing.. and benefits are getting cut..

so u get it... these SLOBS are getting the cake and eating it too... job security.. better benefits and salaries. while we foot the bill.
as u know.. a city is obliged to meet its commitments. even if the tax the hell out of the rest of us.. this extortiion has to stop

that is why.. if CONGRESS PASSES A BILL... mandatory 10-20% cut. to all public govt city employees..

i really want to see how many employees quit and say their skills can get them a better salary in the private sector.. my guess is NONE..

You do realize that there are a lot of these so called "slobs" who flip back and forth from public and private sector jobs. I know of a lot of "slobs" who couldn't stand their boring, cushy slob jobs anymore and reverted back to the private sector where they fealt more appreciated and more motivated. As the saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side.

 

[joneog]

Quote from SomeYoungGuy:

As an American, I hope that doesn't happen here. When I walk into the DMV or Post Office, I always find myself glad that these people have somewhere they can be a part of something, get paid a wage, and keep out of my hair for the most part.

After 5 minutes in the DMV or Post Office my general misanthropy becomes borderline pathological.

Honestly, I'd prefer they get paid minimum wage to sit at home and do nothing. Of course, that would increase their potential for procreation, which could be worse.