PS cuts reason to panic?!

[hz2p]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/cuts+reaso ... story.html

Maria Barrados has a message for federal public servants spooked by doomsday talk of impending budget cuts: there's no need to panic.

In an interview, the president of the Public Service Commission acknowledged that the federal bureaucracy will be smaller in future.

I don't understand the "spooking" and "panic". It's just a job. If you lose it, you find another, just like you found your current one.

The implication seems to be that anyone the goverment lays off, will not be able to find employment elsewhere - hence the "doomsday" outlook. Is that true? If so, why is that?

Government employees are generally extremely well compensated in many ways by the taxpayer - salary that only goes up, awesome benefits, incredible pension. This clearly reflects the great value that each and every government employee produces. If this is the case, why would it be "doomsday" if they lost their job? They should just be able to quickly move on elsewhere, and continue to produce great value.

But that's not what this article is saying. It's implying the exact opposite.

[North Shore]

Yah, 'cos with ~10%? unemployment, there's lots of jobs out there.

I think that anyone, in any job, would be worried by rumours/rumblings of layoffs - losing your job would be a very stressful event.

Those wages, benefits and pension were all bargained for, and agreed to by the government - realising that a stable workforce is going to give you much better results than a group of temps with no loyalty or vested interest in what they are doing..

[Shiny Side Up]

I don't understand the "spooking" and "panic". It's just a job. If you lose it, you find another, just like you found your current one.

First of all its never fun to live under the prospect of losing your job, not everyone has such a mercenary outlook towards it. Keep in mind as well that the public service almost alone amongst jobs these days has one of the best job securities - probably the prime motivation for people looking to work there - and probably has more people working in it who might be considered "old timers" people who've been working the same job for years who haven't been in the job market for a long time, and remember what it was like when they were first hunting for one in the 80's. Remember the economy of the eighties?

The implication seems to be that anyone the goverment lays off, will not be able to find employment elsewhere - hence the "doomsday" outlook. Is that true? If so, why is that?

Probably again because of the demographic of the typical public servant. Job hunting when you're young is no problem. Consider it when you're closing in on retirement age. One should say as well that in some sectors of industry, working for the government can also be seen as a black mark against your future hiring prospects. Why you might ask? Largely because it is known that recurrent training just generally isn't in the government's budget and the longer someone stays in the more they are viewed to have fallen behind - regardless of their actual ability. My wife actually run into this when she left working for Enviornment Canada, to go back into the private sector - after only 3 years working for the government.

[azimuthaviation]

<<I don't understand the "spooking" and "panic". It's just a job. If you lose it, you find another, just like you found your current one.>>

Not all of our father's are ex military pilots who own a flight school that we can go work for.

[Nark]

hz2p writing style is different from Hedley's.

But I'm sure he's flattered.

[iflyforpie]

Really?

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[Beefitarian]

I like a good conspiricy and I'm starting to enjoy this one. I think hedley would just laugh at the public servants losing their jobs. I can't see an hz2p post now without wondering.

[erics2b]

<<I don't understand the "spooking" and "panic". It's just a job. If you lose it, you find another, just like you found your current one.>>

Not all of our father's are ex military pilots who own a flight school that we can go work for.

First of all, hz2p is not Hedley. Secondly, Hedley's father is not an instructor, let alone a current or past flight school owner - where did you get that idea!?

[azimuthaviation]

Did I mention Hedley?

[erics2b]

Did I mention Hedley?

Sorry, my mistake - I thought your notion of hz2p and Hedley being the same person in another thread conveyed to this one. So you're claiming hz2p is or has been employed by his father at a flight school?