Howdy Mike,
Mike Weaver wrote:
That's what a lot of people don't understand. If you haven't worked in
the Gov't it doesn't make much sense.
I think it makes sense, government service or not. It is simple self
preservation.
I was just telling someone that
the latest IRS IT fiasco is actually not a failure in the eyes of the
Gov't workers - only one person got fired, the FTE's got paid and the
contractors got paid. Whether or not it worked was pretty incidental to
the process. The rules are:
1. Don't get fired - still pretty hard to fire someone in the US.
o really? Arkansas, as are many other states, is a "right to work"
state, where employment is at the discretion of the employer, meaning no
reason is needed to fire an employee. Certain professions such as
teaching afford some protection (tenure) but all it does is require
proof that one is not fullfiling the obligations of the profession.
Granted, goverment service may require more hoops to jump thru to fire
an employee than other employees, it is not all that hard even in
goverment service. and it is a "piece of cake" in the private sector.
2. Don't make more work for anyone.
makes sense to me. why would anyone want to make more work? If I am
going to work more, shouldn't I get paid more? If an employer doesn't
want to pay more why should I want to work more?
3. Don't make your boss look bad.
again this is reasonable- and there is some albeit weak protection for
making the boss look bad in the form of whistle blower laws.
4. Don't get bad press.
5. Inertia is better than doing something. Inertia won't get you
fired, but doing something might.
6. That's the way we've always done it.
your rules actually apply to all walks of life- work, marraige, etc.
:)
--
Bob Allen
http://ozarker.org/bob
"Science is what we have learned about how to keep
from fooling ourselves" — Richard Feynman
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