In the Austin American Statesman there was an article concerning some new proposed legislation that will cut thousands of state jobs. The main point to the article is how the state employees are upset that they will be losing some benefits and possibly be pushed into early retirement. The article is saying how these state employees might want to jump ship and find employment elsewhere in the private sector. I do feel for these people, our current economic situation is dire and depressing. My opinion of this article is what are these people thinking? Don’t they know that the current economic problems are affecting the private sector, too?
Every sector is dealing with budget cuts and downsizing. In my opinion, they all should take pay and benefit cuts to help balance budgets. Encouraging state employees to jump ship does not seem like the answer. As the old saying goes the grass is not greener on the other side. I was laid off from a job in the home building industry and had to take a job at half the pay just to because I couldn’t find one in my field at the same pay. Considering how high the unemployment rate is, having the additional job seekers unnecessarily in the market will only make it worse. This is our current situation and we have got to just accept it and move forward the best we can.
Every sector is dealing with budget cuts and downsizing. In my opinion, they all should take pay and benefit cuts to help balance budgets. Encouraging state employees to jump ship does not seem like the answer. As the old saying goes the grass is not greener on the other side. I was laid off from a job in the home building industry and had to take a job at half the pay just to because I couldn’t find one in my field at the same pay. Considering how high the unemployment rate is, having the additional job seekers unnecessarily in the market will only make it worse. This is our current situation and we have got to just accept it and move forward the best we can.
Our country has been living high off the hog with nice big pay checks and comfortable jobs, spending money frivolously for a very long time. We could pick and choose between whatever job we wanted. Now we have to be much more careful with our spending and learn to appreciate the simpler things in life. These days, just having a job is a blessing and much more appreciated than before, similar to the people that lived through the great depression in the 1920’s. We are all learning to respect money and to live life frugally. The silver lining in this situation is if we can adjust and make it through this current economic down turn we will all have a greater respect for what we have not how much we have.
Jumping ship is not the way to go. Not only will they lose their job and have to compete with others in finding another job, the shipped they jumped will have to hire someone new and it will most likely be a newbee with less pay. Which benefits the state, but can also have a negative affect due to his lack of experience and efficiency for society.
ReplyDeleteI know I'm glad to have a job! Times are tough and it appears they will only get tougher...
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