I'm not going to disagree with the over staffing of government employees or more importantly the hiring of additional contractors at inflated rates. But please don't state we true DoD civil servants are overpaid. No raises in the three years I have been here with the cost of living going up. In the private sector we would be earning at least 10k more a year with a few % increase annually as well as bonuses. I'm sure there are a few fields within the gov that are overpaid but science/technical is not one of them. The private sector isn't hiring and the benefits suck vs gov etc.
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Originally Posted by Phlip
Percentages don't quite work like that. When TWO people each lose 20% of their income, they collectively have not lost 40%.
I am not disagreeing with the rest of your post, I am just picking nits.
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We are both the same pay grade and step. But you are correct that's it's not 40%. Both our paychecks lost within a few dollars of each other about the same. She has the insurance was about the only difference.