Do you view civil service as a prestigious career?

A lot of people seem to look down on civil servants as boring lifeless bureaucrats, but I look at civil service (especially at the federal level) as a great way to actually accomplish something for the good of the country.

Does anyone else share my view?

 

[NL5]

Yes, it's very presigious.

 

[etalns]

I don't negatively view civil servants, but I don't view them above anyone else either.

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: NL5
Yes, it's very presigious.

LOL

 

[MrChad]

The most presigigious

 

[ggnl]

Is my sarcasm meter off? I really hope you're joking...

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Qosis
I don't negatively view civil servants, but I don't view them above anyone else either.

 

[jagec]

It's about as worthless as most office jobs in the private sector...just paperwork. Someone's got to do it, but it certainly isn't glamourous or irreplaceable.

 

[NL5]

Originally posted by: TheAudit

Originally posted by: NL5
Yes, it's very presigious.

LOL

Man, I hate to make fun, but I was laughing my ass off............

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: NL5

Originally posted by: TheAudit

Originally posted by: NL5
Yes, it's very presigious.

LOL

Man, I hate to make fun, but I was laughing my ass off............

I'm laughing, too!

I was a civil servant. I worked for two years at the big bad IRS handling returns.
I could not stand that job.
Personally, I don't feel anything for a civil servant. It's a job like any other, it's certainly not rocket science. A lot of civil servants do very well, especially if you apply yourself or kiss ass.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: NL5
Yes, it's very presigious.

 

[KarenMarie]

Livable pay, loads of holidays off, and you can almost NEVER get fired!

 

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Livable pay, loads of holidays off, and you can almost NEVER get fired!

Those are definite plusses too.

And fvck you all...I'm a good speller!

 

[Armitage]

Prestegious ... well, at certain levels certainly ... >= GS15 is nothing to sneeze at.
Civil service can be a rewarding career, but can be kinda dead-end. ALOT of people get stuck at the GS12/GS13 level forever.

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Livable pay, loads of holidays off, and you can almost NEVER get fired!

Yeah, you have to really fvck up to get fired.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: jumpr
And fvck you all...I'm a good speller!

*glances at name*

OK.

 

[Maetryx]

I work for local government which I think is better than federal as far as feeling justified.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Is my sarcasm meter off? I really hope you're joking...

He's got to be. Fix that meter. :disgust:

 

[dquan97]

I work for the state gov't and can see myself working for the same agency 20-30yrs

 

[HappyPuppy]

Most civil service jobs will suck the life out of you. You will become a mindless drone or go nuts.

 

[DaWhim]

iirc, grabage man get paid $30+/hr in nyc. I am not sure the real rate, but it is definitely higher than my high school teacher.

I would say very presitigious.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

I vote for corrupt.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
iirc, grabage man get paid $30+/hr in nyc. I am not sure the real rate, but it is definitely higher than my high school teacher.

I would say very presitigious.

The garbage man is almost certainly not a state or federal employee.
Just a member of a union with mob connections.

 

[FoBoT]

no. i think it is either for the egotistical power hungry people, or the ones that can't make it in the business world

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: jumpr
And fvck you all...I'm a good speller!

*glances at name*

OK.

HAHAHAHAHA