Government of Canada still employer of choice? (read article and discuss)

[smartcdn]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/thousands-public-servants-learning-jobs-risk-143607978.html

[blackestnight]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/thousands-public-servants-learning-jobs-risk-143607978.html

Brilliant. RIM, Nokia and now this.

[niroopg]

It is what it is. Conservatives slashing everywhere. The problem is they have uninformed individuals with Conservative dogma engrained making unilateral decisions without input from people who actually know what they are talking about.

[clseea]

When were they ever the employer of choice?

[Rainne]

I don't see why people blame the government when essentially, our country is not competitive compared with the emerging economies. It's only about to get worse. Companies need to cut costs.

Our standard of living + wages are high = fewer jobs

[fratello25]

Keep in mind that the 5,000 employees that the article mentions refers to employees at risk of losing their jobs, not the number of people that will actually lose their jobs. And while these cuts have been taking place over the last few months, they represent a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the federal public service. Besides, sometimes getting rid of the dead wood is not a bad thing.

As to whether the federal government is still the employer of choice, I also question whether it ever was. Nevertheless, it works for some people... and it works for me. Sure I could get more in the public sector, but as a lawyer, there is no way I could work 4 days/week, be home by 5:30 and still earn a very generous income. But as I said, it's not for everyone.

[smartcdn]

What about those currently looking on the website for jobs with the Feds. Any experiences?

[Syne]

I will say ome thing. The government makes a lot of private businesses look like a joke when it comes to job mobility, benefits and compensation.

[Mark77]

Big problem with government is the cuts always tend to be bottom-up, not top-down. So the incompetent older folks are retained, while the bright up-and-comers are tossed under the bus.

[squagles]

I don't see why people blame the government when essentially, our country is not competitive compared with the emerging economies. It's only about to get worse. Companies need to cut costs.

Our standard of living + wages are high = fewer jobs

Close our ports to imports from countries that employ slave labour and don't have the right to organize. Free trade isn't mandatory. There are alternatives that other countries have been quite successful with.

[spike1128]

It can't be helped. There is too much fat cat / lazy managers in the government. The top talents usually don't go into government because of "compensation is not performance based". Even if you look at 2nd world country, the government people do more talk than do the walk.

Canadian need to fire those surplus of managers up around middle management. High pay, but redundant positions.

I know a lot people who work in government, usually they always always complain about their managers.

[PPiL]

Just goes to show you how it's different when it's your money that is in play.

As employee/job seekers, we blame heartless employers for the lack of jobs/good working conditions/salaries/career opportunities, but as employers (being Canadians) we want the public function to run as lean as possible

[alpharius]

Public sector is almost universally better in pay and benefits than private sector. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be getting hundreds of thousands of people applying each year despite the low chances of success.