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People work for other than pay and benefits (financial). If I were here for pay and benefits, I would have been gone a decade ago! The only reason I stay is because I feel that I am contributing to making the government more efficient. I do not believe in maximization of budget requests for an area that is far from the primary mission of the agency.
I find it far too bad that the government managers cannot operate for the good of the public. They operate to increase their own benefits and they try to maximize their budgets and number of people so they can increase their compensation. Managers should not be paid for the size of the budget or the number of people supervised! They should be paid for specific results but most have no clue what they results should be or how to measure them. We are paid to be here 8 hours a day, not to think but to do, and not to question because high ranks know everything. Not!
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In my opinion, it is not that we don't agree with Rep. Davis. Rather, more information is known, publicized and compared for pay and leave than for the various types of benefits. You even allude to this in your article when you mention the high number of respondents who indicated they have no basis to compare.
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I don't put much credence in this survey. Numerous private sector comparisons have noted that we feds have nearly the best defined benefit-401(K) (TSP) combo on the planet. A prime indicator is the lack of we partially-satisfied feds who are not jumping ship to go where we think the grass is greener. We hear about the benefits package in the private sector for the likes of the CEO of Home Depot, however, we haven't a clue what the pay and benefits are for Home Depot's general workers and middle management.
So, what's to compare? It'd be more expensive, but I'd like to know the results of a series of town hall meetings/surveys hosted by facilitators "knowledgeable" of both the public and private sectors. Peel back the onion, as they say; credit and discredit. Another indicator is the alternate work schedule results. As far as I know, no one is "required" to work AWS. If one is only 49% satisfied, why wouldn't one go back to a regular 40-hour work week?
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