http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/08/barf.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/08/barf.html/comment-page-1#comment-6377 Ed on West Slope Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:18:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/08/barf.html #comment-6377 <p>Randomscrub has a point, in that so much work is 'contracted' out. The Feds, States and often locals, tend to be staffed with an inordinate number of (wannabe) managers</p> Randomscrub has a point, in that so much work is ‘contracted’ out. The Feds, States and often locals, tend to be staffed with an inordinate number of (wannabe) managers

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/08/barf.html/comment-page-1#comment-6376 Ed on West Slope Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:18:13 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/08/barf.html #comment-6376 <p>Randomscrub has a point, in that so much work is 'contracted' out. The Feds, States and often locals, tend to be staffed with an inordinate number of (wannabe) managers</p> Randomscrub has a point, in that so much work is ‘contracted’ out. The Feds, States and often locals, tend to be staffed with an inordinate number of (wannabe) managers

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/08/barf.html/comment-page-1#comment-6375 Randomscrub Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:09:52 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/08/barf.html #comment-6375 <p>Keep in mind that it may not be that bad, because I'm willing to bet that the private sector employs a far higher percentage of "unskilled" (i.e. near-minimum-wage) workers, who would then bias the average downward. To get a good comparison you should get data on median compensation for people doing comparable jobs with comparable experience - but that's way harder.</p> Keep in mind that it may not be that bad, because I’m willing to bet that the private sector employs a far higher percentage of “unskilled” (i.e. near-minimum-wage) workers, who would then bias the average downward. To get a good comparison you should get data on median compensation for people doing comparable jobs with comparable experience – but that’s way harder.

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