Someone in my family used to think state employees made the big bucks. I think he got the

[raccoon]

idea from occasional news articles about the Director of Such-and-such Agency making in the
6-figure range.

Later on, he got downsized and has been working at a state agency for a while.

He doesn't seem to think state employees make the big bucks any more.....

[emsimon33]

1. Karma is a bitch

[yesphan]

2. I can vouch for that,

first hand.

[CountAllVotes]

4. yeah me too

100 mile a day commute p/t for $8.62 an hr.

Criminals!

But ... I had something called "benefits" so I shut up and did this run for almost 2 years.

Wasn't easy living on $700.00 a month!

[Quantess]

3. There used to be a time when a government job had reputation as being a cushy, well paid job

where it was nearly impossible to get fired, no matter how lazy a worker you were. If that was ever true, it certainly isn't accurate these days.

[Skidmore]

5. It still is

if you are in Congress and can vote your own pay.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Amen, especially with this crop.

If they worked for a corporation, they would have been fired a long time ago.

Oh, wait. They DO work for corporations. It's the peons that would get fired.

My bad!

[gopiscrap]

7. Trust me, I workd for the State of WA for 20 years (finishing in 2000) and my

highest salary was 45,762.00 and that's with a BA from a good college