Profoundly Disconnected - Mike Rowe

[kfd82]

Ok then my question now is where did the "everyone wants on the government payroll" comment come from?

Possibly because there is a perception that .gov jobs come benefits (health insurance, pensions, etc.) without waiting half a year or more to qualify for them. I don't know how accurate that perception is; I share it too, with paranoid misgivings. As someone who has been 'blessed' with a lifelong chronic illness, I need a job that will pay enough (in either wages and/or benefits) for me to afford the medical care to keep me functioning. At this point in time, being on the government payroll seems to be the only way to achieve that.

[dirtrulz]

Possibly because there is a perception that .gov jobs come benefits (health insurance, pensions, etc.) without waiting half a year or more to qualify for them. I don't know how accurate that perception is; I share it too, with paranoid misgivings. As someone who has been 'blessed' with a lifelong chronic illness, I need a job that will pay enough (in either wages and/or benefits) for me to afford the medical care to keep me functioning. At this point in time, being on the government payroll seems to be the only way to achieve that.

Just wait till obamacare kicks in and all will be good. We are going to need to find some more taxpayers to pay for all this stuff.