Just 737 Of 1.2 Million Federal Workers Denied Raise For Poor Performance.
Just 737 federal employees were denied a pay increase in 2009 due to poor job performance, according to information obtained by the Federal Times, a D.C. newspaper for government employees. That’s about one out of every 1,698 workers, or a denial rate of 0.06%.
If they can’t seem to make the cut, why are they still there?
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March 25, 2011 at 9:26 am
Let’s suppose that 1/4 of them are bad workers: that’s 30,000,000 people, and let’s give them a high salary too (the average in the US for an individual is under $30,000), say an average of $50,000 (gross) each. That is a total of $15,000,000,000 going to poor quality workers. Let’s say these 30,000,000 bad quality workers do 1/2 of the work they ought; in this event 7.5 billion dollars is wasted on their salaries.
Sorry, but one bad megabank costs more than the entire delinquency of all public workers. The wars alone cost more than 50 times—that’s 5000%— of this amount. The priority must be in going after the real criminals, not the small fry.
March 25, 2011 at 9:30 am
Sorry Nom, in my life every penny counts. You aren’t including all the benefits either. It’s a waste.
March 25, 2011 at 7:13 pm
if they are fired they’ll be drawing down more money than the benefits they get presently, I’d say it’s a wash.
I am not saying every bit doesn’t count, only that these clowns are so far down the list it doesn’t even make sense to be talking about dealing with them.
moreover this particular theme reinforces the false idea that it is the dead weight at the bottom rather than the top that is sinking this country, and frankly, it’s a narrative that plays all too well for those at the top.
March 26, 2011 at 7:47 am
It will end because they will not be eligible for another job with the government.
March 26, 2011 at 1:04 pm
meant: food stamps, help with housing, insurance coverage for the kids etc
March 26, 2011 at 1:04 pm
http://www.businessinsider.com/ehud-barak-20-billion-defense-2011-3
I vote axing this instead
March 26, 2011 at 1:05 pm
20 billion: almost 3 times what you propose and it could be done in one penstroke.