Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Pay Rasies Cut for Federal Workers!
First off I am confused by conflicting stories on this. Some say it will effect all Federal workers except the Military. Which, if they have to cut back then that's the way to go. But other stories are reporting that the Congressional workers and Federal Judges, Postal Workers won't be effected. That totally bites! They are the ones who make the most money! It's not fair to cut back on those who earn 40,000 or so less a year. Most workers, real workers only earn in that range. It's the big guns up in DC that are earning huge salaries and it sounds like their the ones who won't be effected. Both my husband and daughter work for the DOD and I can tell you now they don't make enough on their own to be afforded cuts. Our daughter lives at home because she's not earning enough to rent a place of her own. My husband if it wasn't for his military retirement check we'd not make ends meet either! I lost my job because of my health, I too once worked for the DOD and made a fair salary for what I did but now that is gone because of the DOD's ability to understand it's people and their needs. I could have managed to keep my job if they only permitted me to work from home at times, it could have been done since 90% of my job was done on computers and over the phone but noooo they couldn't see it that way and I was forced to leave my job without any benefits.
Back to the topic at hand. How can they or anyone else think that by taking away 1.5% pay raise is really going to help the government?? It won't do much but it would do something for the people who would have gotten the raise. Take a look on the Internet. So many feel that the Federal employees are overpaid, lazy oafs who are parasites on the coat tails of the government. I can tell you that those that really work, those at the GS-9 and below levels, or the WG-10 and below really work for their pay. They are the ones who get in the grit of it and make things work. If it weren't for them things would come to a standstill. My husband repairs helicopter blades for the military and my daughter works hard to ensure security for the military. DOD employees or at least those at the lower levels should not have to feel the cut backs. If it weren't for them the Military would not be able to do their jobs to keep us safe.
Back to the topic at hand. How can they or anyone else think that by taking away 1.5% pay raise is really going to help the government?? It won't do much but it would do something for the people who would have gotten the raise. Take a look on the Internet. So many feel that the Federal employees are overpaid, lazy oafs who are parasites on the coat tails of the government. I can tell you that those that really work, those at the GS-9 and below levels, or the WG-10 and below really work for their pay. They are the ones who get in the grit of it and make things work. If it weren't for them things would come to a standstill. My husband repairs helicopter blades for the military and my daughter works hard to ensure security for the military. DOD employees or at least those at the lower levels should not have to feel the cut backs. If it weren't for them the Military would not be able to do their jobs to keep us safe.
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