I was with your argument up until the claim that the civil service is "merit based." The annual employee turnover rate is ~6% versus an the ~18% for corporations. A bit more than 3% is due to retirement and another 1% to death - and the real attrition rate is ~2%. Now anyone who has worked in a large company or for any length of time or …
I was with your argument up until the claim that the civil service is "merit based." The annual employee turnover rate is ~6% versus an the ~18% for corporations. A bit more than 3% is due to retirement and another 1% to death - and the real attrition rate is ~2%. Now anyone who has worked in a large company or for any length of time or stood in line at their local DMV will understand that a great deal more than 2% of the workers need to find other employment every year, this due to mismatch of skills, low productivity, or outright incompetence. Calling the federal civil service "merit based" is a stretch!
I was with your argument up until the claim that the civil service is "merit based." The annual employee turnover rate is ~6% versus an the ~18% for corporations. A bit more than 3% is due to retirement and another 1% to death - and the real attrition rate is ~2%. Now anyone who has worked in a large company or for any length of time or stood in line at their local DMV will understand that a great deal more than 2% of the workers need to find other employment every year, this due to mismatch of skills, low productivity, or outright incompetence. Calling the federal civil service "merit based" is a stretch!