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Sukkit74 t1_j497kcc wrote

If you do just a touch above bare minimum required for your job, and don’t complain, you’ll do more than most.

The pay is same for everyone, but opportunity for advancement goes to those who do extra, so if you do above and beyond, it will almost certainly be recognized and rewarded.

Some people are insufferable but most from top to bottom are good people. I started my career in private, spent 22 years in public and am happy where I’m at with the state.

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j49jtfl wrote

I disagree with this. Also the idea that you can't get fired if you work the state is garbage. I have seen plenty of people get terminated for poor performance. It does take awhile, and your supervisors have to follow through with paperwork. But it absolutely happens.

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Sukkit74 t1_j49porq wrote

I never said you can’t get fired, I said if you work you won’t have a problem.

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Blexcr0id t1_j4au204 wrote

I've seen one person get fired and it was an eight-month process.

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j4b1eyd wrote

Yea. I have seen people get fired. But usually what happens is that close to the end of the process the employee leaves without actually getting terminated. But a few times they have stayed on thinking the union would save them.

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