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-   -   Anyone want to work for DHS? (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/practical-travel-safety-security-issues/712285-anyone-want-work-dhs.html)

swei0009 Jul 11, 2007 7:07 am
Bah. Not that I'd WANT to work at DHS, but there are plenty of places in the government that I'd like to work, but..... I can't work for government anymore. They won't insure my spouse.

Ten years of MI experience and two foreign languages down the tubes.

SA_robert Jul 11, 2007 6:58 pm
Originally Posted by swei0009 (Post 8038147)
Bah. Not that I'd WANT to work at DHS, but there are plenty of places in the government that I'd like to work, but..... I can't work for government anymore. They won't insure my spouse.

Ten years of MI experience and two foreign languages down the tubes.
Not sure about the insurance issue: I believe USG full time, regular appointees, receive health benefits for employee and family without regard to pre-existing conditions.

swei0009 Jul 12, 2007 8:47 pm
Originally Posted by SA_robert (Post 8042138)
Not sure about the insurance issue: I believe USG full time, regular appointees, receive health benefits for employee and family without regard to pre-existing conditions.
Unless that pre-existing condition is Teh Gay :-)

Superguy Jul 12, 2007 9:02 pm
Originally Posted by swei0009 (Post 8038147)
Ten years of MI experience and two foreign languages down the tubes.
You have experience in Michigan? :D

majorwibi Jul 13, 2007 6:28 am
Originally Posted by Texas_Dawg (Post 8031802)
This is a very positive sign.

The fewer people willing to work for the US government the better. The greater stigmatization attached to working for the TSA, the DHS, the IRS, the US military, etc., the better.


The fewer people willing to work for the Government means the lesser pool of talented people to draw from and as a result the lower quality in work done. And the cycle would be self perpetuating in a downward spiral

swei0009 Jul 13, 2007 6:35 am
Originally Posted by majorwibi (Post 8049925)
The fewer people willing to work for the Government means the lesser pool of talented people to draw from and as a result the lower quality in work done. And the cycle would be self perpetuating in a downward spiral
That explains the quality of people in the Administration :-)

Dovster Jul 13, 2007 9:51 am
Originally Posted by gj83 (Post 8032041)
Why? We don't screen bus passengers or metro passengers. We don't require them to show ID. How many buses or metros get blown up outside of Israel?
If you include commuter trains, I can recall it happening twice -- in Madrid and London. There was also an attempt in Milan but the bomb did not go off.

No train has been blown up in Israel but we do get screened here. We don't get screened on buses and all too many of them have been bombed.

viking407rob Jul 13, 2007 10:18 am
Originally Posted by majorwibi (Post 8049925)
The fewer people willing to work for the Government means the lesser pool of talented people to draw from and as a result the lower quality in work done. And the cycle would be self perpetuating in a downward spiral
Most of the higher ups spend their time sucking up to lobbyist, ensuring a nice fat pay check when they are finally booted from the government ranks. As for the rank and file, I think "workfare" is the best possible description anyone can give. :td:


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