States switching to contract workers

[Archbob]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45187246

it looks like states are taking a lesson from the Corporate Fatcats and cutting permenant positions in favor of contract workers who make about half of what state workers cost with no Benefits.

A few lawsuits have sprung up but I don't think anyone can stop this. There will be some jobs you can't contract out though.

Thoughts?

 

[warpus]

Some government jobs are way too cushy, but.. I think this is going to hurt far too many people.. $10 an hour? No benefits??...

 

[Archbob]

Some government jobs are way too cushy, but.. I think this is going to hurt far too many people.. $10 an hour? No benefits??...

Yeah, thats pretty bad for nurses and such. I wonder if they can outsource congress.

 

[Zelig]

I would not want to go to a hospital where nurses are paid $10/hr.

 

[Archbob]

I can see your concern in quality, but from what I hear from doctors, they all very much disliked the unionized nurses and common jokes among them are "Whats the difference between a bullet and a Unionized Nurse?".

Answer: The bullet only kills once

But I wouldn't like $10/hr nurses either. However, they are easier to fire than unionized state nurses which is extra incentive to do the job correctly.

 

[useless]

I really wish the Government would cut off the biggest, most entitled government jobs;

The Army, Navy and Airforce. The freemarket will simply fill in the gap.

 

[Archbob]

I really wish the Government would cut off the biggest, most entitled government jobs;

The Army, Navy and Airforce. The freemarket will simply fill in the gap.

I look forward to the vast corporate armies that will arise.

 

[Berzerker]

nukes fill that gap nicely

 

[Cutlass]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45187246

it looks like states are taking a lesson from the Corporate Fatcats and cutting permenant positions in favor of contract workers who make about half of what state workers cost with no Benefits.

A few lawsuits have sprung up but I don't think anyone can stop this. There will be some jobs you can't contract out though.

Thoughts?

Are they in fact making less? All the outsourcing and contract employees the federal government added under the Bush administration cost the taxpayer about 2 1/2 times what federal full time employees cost.

 

[woody60707]

This is what's happens when local government can't hire votes anymore.

 

[Archbob]

Yeah, they are costing about half as much as federal employees.

 

[Defiant47]

Money is more important than employee welfare.

 

[woody60707]

Yeah, they are costing about half as much as federal employees.

The link in the OP is about State and Local government. The federal gov has pretty much contracted a lot of the jobs they could of already. A lot of the maintenance, cleaning, shipping, ect, is already contracted out.

 

[Archbob]

The link in the OP is about State and Local government. The federal gov has pretty much contracted a lot of the jobs they could of already. A lot of the maintenance, cleaning, shipping, ect, is already contracted out.

Eh, my bad, I grouped them all in the category of "Public workers".

 

[Leonel]

I can see your concern in quality, but from what I hear from doctors, they all very much disliked the unionized nurses and common jokes among them are "Whats the difference between a bullet and a Unionized Nurse?".

Answer: The bullet only kills once

But I wouldn't like $10/hr nurses either. However, they are easier to fire than unionized state nurses which is extra incentive to do the job correctly.

If a low wage gave people extra incentive to do their job correctly, we'd never see fast food workers mess up orders and put mystery fluids into food

 

[Archbob]

If a low wage gave people extra incentive to do their job correctly, we'd never see fast food workers mess up orders and put mystery fluids into food

Not low wages, but the ability to easily be fired.

 

[jtb1127]

It's difficult for fast food workers to get fired?

 

[Archbob]

It's difficult for fast food workers to get fired?

They do get my order right 99% of the time and I've never had weird fluids in my orders.

 

[Cutlass]

They do get my order right 99% of the time and I've never had weird fluids in my orders.

That you know of....

 

[Archbob]

That you know of....

That really speaks of the quality of McDonalds foods in general and not the workers.