Time for government employees pay to be cut
#1
Time for government employees pay to be cut
Federal mediators make between 100,000 to 150,000 per year. I have not received a raise in 5 years and make a third of their salaries. They enforce the antiquated Railway Labor Act which allows airlines to not give raises for years while they do nothing. What is their purpose again? Since the US Government is losing so much money, I propose a 50 percent pay cut and drastic reduction in benefits for these and other government employees. If it's good enough for us, it should be good enough for them....
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Federal mediators make between 100,000 to 150,000 per year. I have not received a raise in 5 years and make a third of their salaries. They enforce the antiquated Railway Labor Act which allows airlines to not give raises for years while they do nothing. What is their purpose again? Since the US Government is losing so much money, I propose a 50 percent pay cut and drastic reduction in benefits for these and other government employees. If it's good enough for us, it should be good enough for them....
Agree 100%!!
#3
And when other civilian sector jobs (including the airlines) were making MUCH more than any gov't worker, are you also suggesting an equalization of pay?
It's a crime what has happened to the pay for all ranks of professional pilots, but I'm not sure if attacking gov't pay across the ranks is really a sensible solution to the problem. It sounds to me more like you are mad at the Federal Mediators who you dont see as having done any good for your segment of employment.
USMCFLYR
It's a crime what has happened to the pay for all ranks of professional pilots, but I'm not sure if attacking gov't pay across the ranks is really a sensible solution to the problem. It sounds to me more like you are mad at the Federal Mediators who you dont see as having done any good for your segment of employment.
USMCFLYR
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And when other civilian sector jobs (including the airlines) were making MUCH more than any gov't worker, are you also suggesting an equalization of pay?
It's a crime what has happened to the pay for all ranks of professional pilots, but I'm not sure if attacking gov't pay across the ranks is really a sensible solution to the problem. It sounds to me more like you are mad at the Federal Mediators who you dont see as having done any good for your segment of employment.
USMCFLYR
It's a crime what has happened to the pay for all ranks of professional pilots, but I'm not sure if attacking gov't pay across the ranks is really a sensible solution to the problem. It sounds to me more like you are mad at the Federal Mediators who you dont see as having done any good for your segment of employment.
USMCFLYR
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Skilled like TSA
I have seen that statistic too along with the average private sector salary of $45,000 a year. The problem is there are more skilled government jobs than private sector. The bulk of the private sector is full of part-time minimum wage jobs that employ a lot of high school age students too. The government does not have many jobs comparable to that. I would like to see a salary comparison between the same jobs for the private and federal sector.
There are federal employees at National parks picking up trash and scooping gravel, there are low level government jobs.
If you compare the salary range for a medical laboratory tech employed with the federal government vs. your local hospital, Uncle pays more and has more bennies!
#8
Most government employees over the last few years have masters and above. Most in foreign languages and in other high demand fields. A few years ago there was an article about this in The Wallstreet Journal. The feds were saying they were having a hard time filling positions when they were offering $65,000 and the private sector was offering 150,000 or more.
#9
You bring up a valid point but do you really think the skill set of the TSA worker standing on the other side of the metal detector waving you through is that much higher than the grocery store checker?
There are federal employees at National parks picking up trash and scooping gravel, there are low level government jobs.
If you compare the salary range for a medical laboratory tech employed with the federal government vs. your local hospital, Uncle pays more and has more bennies!
There are federal employees at National parks picking up trash and scooping gravel, there are low level government jobs.
If you compare the salary range for a medical laboratory tech employed with the federal government vs. your local hospital, Uncle pays more and has more bennies!
USMCFLYR
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Most government employees over the last few years have masters and above. Most in foreign languages and in other high demand fields. A few years ago there was an article about this in The Wallstreet Journal. The feds were saying they were having a hard time filling positions when they were offering $65,000 and the private sector was offering 150,000 or more.
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