no, it was never 8 months. co- worker had a baby last year. most of your other figures are wrong or misleading as well. fed holidays are 8 at last count though we do get an extra day when a president dies but thats a one time deal. there are a lot of bennies such as bereavement that all are entitled to. other bennies are special circumstance that one may never use in a lifetime, others such as childcare are not available at all facilities nor do we get paid extra to cover childcare. they do offer lots of services but most do not involve handing out money unless it was part of a pool donated by other workers. we can borrow money at a lower interest rate from our own 401k retirement but we are obligated to pay it back within a year or we pay higher interest on that loan. this discourages people abusing this too much. sick leave is 2 hours per pay period to start, vaca leave is 4 hours per pay period. max out at 4/6 every two weeks. use or lose once you hit 100 hrs we train a lot because we become more efficient and effective on the job. my training means less reliance on contractors which saves big bucks for the tax payers. we seldom work over 40 because its forbidden. takes major justification to get overtime. most of us dont spend more than a day a week at home doing telework. i could do training from home but its a distraction so i dont. my pay? i took a slight decrease in pay when i changed jobs from the private sector. i did it mostly because of a better retirement plan. plus, didnt want to die on that last hill after 15 years. have you considered, rather than bitching about all the great things government employees get, you consider leaving a job application instead and get in on all those bennies yourself?
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