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**ElisasAUG** · 07-20-2011, 06:03 AM

The job security rate for all federal workers was 99.43% last year and nearly 100% for those on the job more than a few years. What it boils down to is this: If you can keep your Federal job through your first year--- you're employed for life. That's soooo sweet!

Therein lies one big reason why the government is bankrupt.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...security_n.htm

Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs

By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAYUpdated 15h 7m ago

Federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes than get laid off or fired, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

Job security for U.S. government workers tops those in the private sector.

Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Management and Budget and a dozen other federal operations.

The federal government fired 0.55% of its workers in the budget year that ended Sept. 30 — 11,668 employees in its 2.1 million workforce. Research shows that the private sector fires about 3% of workers annually for poor performance, says John Palguta, former research chief at the federal Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles federal firing disputes.

Turnover minimal at federal agencies

Federal departments or agencies employing 1,000 or more that had the lowest rates of firing or laying off employees in the year ending Sept. 30, 2010:

Employees Laid off or fired

Federal Communications Commission 1,832 0

Federal Trade Commission 1,189 0

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4,211 2

National Labor Relations Board 1,714 1

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18,671 13

Environmental Protection Agency 18,742 19

U.S. Agency for International Development 3,376 4

Securities and Exchange Commission 3,917 5

Small Business Administration 4,019 6

Department of Housing and Urban Development 10,041 15

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ElisasAUG Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 583 Senior Member	USA Today: Some federal workers more likely to die than lose their jobs The job security rate for all federal workers was 99.43% last year and nearly 100% for those on the job more than a few years. What it boils down to is this: If you can keep your Federal job through your first year--- you're employed for life. That's soooo sweet! Therein lies one big reason why the government is bankrupt. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...security_n.htm Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAYUpdated 15h 7m ago Federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes than get laid off or fired, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Job security for U.S. government workers tops those in the private sector. Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Management and Budget and a dozen other federal operations. The federal government fired 0.55% of its workers in the budget year that ended Sept. 30 — 11,668 employees in its 2.1 million workforce. Research shows that the private sector fires about 3% of workers annually for poor performance, says John Palguta, former research chief at the federal Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles federal firing disputes. Turnover minimal at federal agencies Federal departments or agencies employing 1,000 or more that had the lowest rates of firing or laying off employees in the year ending Sept. 30, 2010: Employees Laid off or fired Federal Communications Commission 1,832 0 Federal Trade Commission 1,189 0 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4,211 2 National Labor Relations Board 1,714 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18,671 13 Environmental Protection Agency 18,742 19 U.S. Agency for International Development 3,376 4 Securities and Exchange Commission 3,917 5 Small Business Administration 4,019 6 Department of Housing and Urban Development 10,041 15
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