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		ejb999 on Feb 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Federal judge sanctions Seattle officials for dele... plenty of public employees get paid a ton of money - that hasn't gotten us any better people in those positions.

alephnerd on Feb 17, 2023 [–]

Depending on your education and role you could end up earning more in the private sector, but at least public sector gigs used to have strong protections until 2008. After 2008, an entire generation of public sector employees were laid off.

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