The city that outsourced everything

[Ricechex]

Privatizing does not save money. As a government worker, I used to work for the government in government run facility. That agency was absorbed by the contract agency, who was a contract for the federal government for 10 years.

What the business did was hire low end employees for a buck, and keep positions open for years. It was fixed contract, so by not filling positions, guess who gets to keep the money?

SO, the government wised up to this, and changed the next 5 year contract to a time/materials contract. Essentially, now it is a body shop. He gets paid for every body that is working.

Remarkably, now there are NEVER any empty billets. The government expanded the number of billets, and I can guarantee you, I have seen MORE people DOING NOTHING at all. They fabricate numbers and there is this huge push for metrics, metrics, metrics. If we don’t get metrics, the contractors may have to get laid off! (But not for 2 years when the contract ends…)

They expanded programs that used to have 1 person, are now 5 people and a supervisor. So, now there are 6 people doing nothing.

It is absolutely corrupt, disgusting and I some days horrified that I work in it.

[gandalf]

Wealthy community. Lots of businesses. Good tax base. Sure is nice.

There are legitimate reasons to outsource, especially nowadays. Cost structures, labor relations, service levels, strategic change, etc.

Corporate does not necessarily equate to ‘better’ or ‘more efficient’ though. It’s case by case. In fact, in many documented cases, corporate outsourcing has reduced service levels and increased costs.

It really depends on the details, and this piece is mostly fluff.

Also, let’s definitely stop comparing California and Georgia. California is a great state.

Georgia is a shitty little southern swamp. It’s a sweaty fucking backwater, a racist armpit whose biggest growth industry is competing with India and Bangladesh for $8/hour call center business.

[gandalf]

Wealthy community. Lots of businesses. Good tax base. Sure is nice.

There are legitimate reasons to outsource, especially nowadays. Cost structures, labor relations, service levels, strategic change, etc.

Corporate does not necessarily equate to ‘better’ or ‘more efficient’ though. It’s case by case. In fact, in many documented cases, corporate outsourcing has reduced service levels and increased costs.

It really depends on the details, and this piece is mostly fluff.

Also, let’s definitely stop comparing California and Georgia. California is a great state.

Georgia is a shitty little southern swamp. It’s a sweaty fucking backwater, a racist armpit whose biggest growth industry is competing with India and Bangladesh for $8/hour call center business.

[gandalf]

Wealthy community. Lots of businesses. Good tax base. Sure is nice.

There are legitimate reasons to outsource, especially nowadays. Cost structures, labor relations, service levels, strategic change, etc.

Corporate does not necessarily equate to ‘better’ or ‘more efficient’ though. It’s case by case. In fact, in many documented cases, corporate outsourcing has reduced service levels and increased costs.

It really depends on the details, and this piece is mostly fluff.

Also, let’s definitely stop comparing California and Georgia. California is a great state.

Georgia is a shitty little southern swamp. It’s a sweaty fucking backwater, a racist armpit whose biggest growth industry is competing with India and Bangladesh for $8/hour call center business.

[gandalf]

Wealthy community. Lots of businesses. Good tax base. Sure is nice.

There are legitimate reasons to outsource, especially nowadays. Cost structures, labor relations, service levels, strategic change, etc.

Corporate does not necessarily equate to ‘better’ or ‘more efficient’ though. It’s case by case. In fact, in many documented cases, corporate outsourcing has reduced service levels and increased costs.

It really depends on the details, and this piece is mostly fluff.

Also, let’s definitely stop comparing California and Georgia. California is a great state.

Georgia is a shitty little southern swamp. It’s a sweaty fucking backwater, a racist armpit whose biggest growth industry is competing with India and Bangladesh for $8/hour call center business.

[gandalf]

Wealthy community. Lots of businesses. Good tax base. Sure is nice.

There are legitimate reasons to outsource, especially nowadays. Cost structures, labor relations, service levels, strategic change, etc.

Corporate does not necessarily equate to ‘better’ or ‘more efficient’ though. It’s case by case. In fact, in many documented cases, corporate outsourcing has reduced service levels and increased costs.

It really depends on the details, and this piece is mostly fluff.

Also, let’s definitely stop comparing California and Georgia. California is a great state.

Georgia is a shitty little southern swamp. It’s a sweaty fucking backwater, a racist armpit whose biggest growth industry is competing with India and Bangladesh for $8/hour call center business.

[gandalf]

I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.

[gandalf]

I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.

[gandalf]

I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.

[gandalf]

I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.

[gandalf]

I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=gandalf]I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.[/quote]

Gandalf: Fair is fair. If you’re going to use the word “testicles”, you have to at least spell it right.

It really minimizes the impact of a good rant if you’re not spelling the words right.

Makes you sound like you’re from Georgia or something!

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=gandalf]I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.[/quote]

Gandalf: Fair is fair. If you’re going to use the word “testicles”, you have to at least spell it right.

It really minimizes the impact of a good rant if you’re not spelling the words right.

Makes you sound like you’re from Georgia or something!

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=gandalf]I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.[/quote]

Gandalf: Fair is fair. If you’re going to use the word “testicles”, you have to at least spell it right.

It really minimizes the impact of a good rant if you’re not spelling the words right.

Makes you sound like you’re from Georgia or something!

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=gandalf]I don’t like peaches either. ‘Georgia peaches’…

Hairy little fruits. They look like testacles.[/quote]

Gandalf: Fair is fair. If you’re going to use the word “testicles”, you have to at least spell it right.

It really minimizes the impact of a good rant if you’re not spelling the words right.

Makes you sound like you’re from Georgia or something!

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