http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/06/the-sacrifice-of-public-service-2/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/06/the-sacrifice-of-public-service-2/comment-page-1/#comment-68271 MikeT Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:39:39 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/06/the-sacrifice-of-public-service-2/#comment-68271 On average, "public servants" don't have to work as hard in their daily duty as privately employed people. I've done some minor contracting work, and I've seen contractors forced to work far harder to keep the government running than the actual "civil servants" had to work. It was a real eye-opener for me, seeing my manager forced to stay at the office, working until 1-2AM, even though he was a single parent, while the government employees responsible on their end went home to their families. (And yes, my manager was a very competent engineer) On average, “public servants” don’t have to work as hard in their daily duty as privately employed people. I’ve done some minor contracting work, and I’ve seen contractors forced to work far harder to keep the government running than the actual “civil servants” had to work. It was a real eye-opener for me, seeing my manager forced to stay at the office, working until 1-2AM, even though he was a single parent, while the government employees responsible on their end went home to their families. (And yes, my manager was a very competent engineer)

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