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That wasn’t the main issue in this case. Would an employee of a private company (not a govt contractor or a company under strict govt regulations) be under this kind of scrutiny? No, they would not.
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I don’t know why you are defending this so hard, but it’s pretty clear this debate/discussion just won’t make it through to you and you aren’t seeing the point.
I, and I don’t think MANY people really CARES or WANT the private company to go through the scrutiny of a government position. It’s just not needed FOR THE JOB. It DOESN’T MAKE THE GOVERNMENT job better or more stringent or tougher to get. They just have a DIFFERENT requirement!
In short the SCRUTINY isn’t to check anything skill based, but more so on specific job requirements for a government job. NOT BETTER. You call it more STRINGENT. I call it checking for different things.
Like maybe you can’t have embezzled money if you work in government finance. Maybe in the corporate world, they WANT people who know how to embezzle to minimize taxes or loopholes? Get it?
If some CEO who’s 50 and wants a different hooker who’s exactly 18 every single night, good for him…no skin off my back. A public position might be against this since it’s public and mom’s might not want to encourage girls or have this “public” guy behaving like this.
Public jobs serve the public…if you don’t like it, don’t do it and don’t go through the special checks. The checks aren’t special or “stringent”. They’re just different checks for different positions.
I used to work in HR as well in the pass and had to go through a “test” I was told to see if I could see fellow co-worker salary/stock options, etc…I passed I was told so did work in it, but using the word stringent like in all your examples is not the right word. They just wanted to make sure for that job, I had certain character or characteristics ok for that position. Stringent or more skilled isn’t the right term…
In the end, most people view “government” not as the most financially lucrative as top CEO/corporate jobs so I think MOST people feel private jobs are tougher and more stringent/skill based to get than public work…
Me included…You don’t see ANYONE in government making 5 billion in a day on a stock move (our friend Zuck)…
People LEAVE government to make the super bucks.
EVERYONE who is on the top billionaire’s money list is all companies they started. Not gov…
