An article on the Huffington Post Website describes how the furlough system is working for California government employees . Nevada workers may want to take note.
Apparently it isn't working. Many workers are told to "schedule" themselves for their furlough days. Most don't. They are afraid . With the hype and disaster scenario in the background the unspoken message , "How bad do you want this job?" translates into-there is no real furlough time-get used to it.
Any government or corporation which uses the furlough method to save money should be required to close down the business on designated furlough days..
Once again, the government worker, being attacked as "lazy, fat cat, on the take" by the public gets screwed.
The public (meaning us) need to understand we get the government we pay for.
If the DMV, Public Health Departments, licensing bureaus, state offices, etc. had to close on that one day a week for which workers do not get paid, we might all understandthe real results of budget cutting.
As it is, furloughs have become just another way to cheat the employee.
Of course, expect outrageous denial from government managers-remember-they get paid from the same pot of money-ours.
Attacking government workers for choosing jobs which seem more secure in today's business climate doesn't exactly speak to our responsibility as citizens to monitor and choose our government services responsibly.
In fact, it seems to me across the country all I hear is whining and pointing fingers at a government that we chose-whether actively or by default.
We all need to understand through the experience of shuttered government services, we get what we pay for.
We set dangerous precendent if we look the other way while state and local government employees get screwed and cheated.
Don't think it hasn't already found its way into the private sector via complicit approval of the government.
