Do you have a civil service job? Would you recommend it to others?
>>62686662CheckedYesDepends on your tolerance for spending all day with lazy morons
>>62686727This is almost every job right?
no. I have a clearance and 2 years of experience as a contractor but they keep telling me they want 3 years.
>>62686662Yeah.I would never recommend it because I don't want more competition than the literal millions of civil servants already out there
>>62686735By civil service, I assume anon means working for the civil service of the UK. The number of morons is significantly higher than working in the private sector, and they go for a government job because they're lazy and unambitious
>>62686754Oh I thought this was a US thing
>>62686754If there is a guaranteed pension after a couple of decades you have to weigh whether the money is worth working next to people that view their time with you as a necessary part of their prison sentence.
>>62686779My employer pension contributions are massive, yes. That, and the job security are the perks.
>>62686779My employer pension contributions are massive. That and job security are the perks.
>>62686744Apply for GS-5 instead of GS-7. Get a ladder position, promote in a year. The hardest part is getting your foot in the door, after that it's harder to get fired than anything else.
>>62686662yes its greatso many community involvement activitiesseeing the cops, fire fighters, building services, etcFeeling like youre at the center of the community action rather than one of those guys who distrusts the governmentYou're working out of service to the public rather than working for profitGreat hours, fair pay, generous pension.Easy to get lazy so once you get in you wont want to leave, as seeing the small business owners pulling their hair out wont look appealing at allIts great but theyre in high demand.
Yes, in leafland.Decent pay, very good pension, average benefits. Although they constantly fuck us with increasing the amount of in office days.There is often job cuts during austerity but that’s entirely bypassed if you work in a department that actually does something like benefits, national security etc
In Britain I would never recommend the civil service to young people with potential, if they have options elsewhere. The pay has stagnated and there's now a qualitative difference between the pay relative to living costs now versus 10 years ago. It's now a job for regional people who want boring stagnant jobs or, in London, rich people or the wives of high paying men.It's just insane seeing boomers in menial civil service jobs retiring while owning houses, while young people with those same jobs today or 1-3 levels higher living in shit conditions.
>>62687078Case in point. My colleague, who just semi-retired at 60, raised 3 kids with a stay at home wife and owns his house. I rent a 1 bedroom flat and have no dependants.
>>62686662Fuck ya Mudda
>>62687061Similar boat. I make 94k/yr and can get a 50k/yr pension at 47. No point in even trying to find another job considering how ass the job market is in Canada outside of healthcare
>>62686662I'm a civil engineer for a city in the US. It pays less but I never work more than 40 hours. For comparison, the engineering consultants the city hires email me at 9pm and on weekends.
