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-Oversight of public employees is standardized, more thorough, and has provisions which help minimize nepotism and favoritism, giving superior employees greater ability to move to more responsible positons. Nothing is perfect, and one can certainly take issue with some seniority clauses, but overall, it’s much more likely to reward better and more efficient employees.
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I am glad you can atleast achnoledge this point. I have a close friend who works in the Bay area in city gov. She is supper smart, very dedicated, and organized to a fault.
Now she works in gov and is moving through the ranks. Problem is, her bosses keep trying to promote her and the union keeps stoping it because she isnt senior enough. They once had to promote someone who wasnt qualified or ready (according to her) because she hadnt been in her current position for over 6 months and so couldnt be promoted. That is pathetic. She is a minority, a she, not really a looker in ANY way, and an introvert more than an extrovert. She isnt charming the pants off anyone with anything other than the quality of her work, but the union doesnt like it because it makes everyone else there feel bad and look bad. THat is pathetic, and not a system where the employees are sure to be the best. Most of the best ones leave because they can make so much more busting their ass for private industry. Unfornatatley for her, Gov controls what she loves to do.
(I cant wait for the “I got promoted out of the Union” party. Gonna be a knockout!)
