Hardest-Working US Cities

[snide]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

They’re going quite well, thank you very much. See?

吃一袋雞巴

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Doing WHAT?? some desk job in a 'private' office.....with our computer screen oriented away from anyone seeing it at a glance, without walking through your door???

NOW if you were actually in FACT on the functional streets, doing travel/work I MAY see your point of view......but as a dead head DC functionary......FUGGETABOUTIT!!!!

So while you were replacing tubes in TV's, I was helping to field the space systems that are now allowing you to enjoy the life you have. I never turned a wrench at work; I'll admit that. But I did do engineering that enabled multiple launches and satellites. If you think that's easy, then I can get you an application

We worked our collective asses off to make things happen.

[Strats-N-Vettes]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

I am part of the DC workforce. I don’t make anything but words on paper, or more accurately, words in a digital environment. Sounds easy. It’s not.

I hear that people that work at the Pentagon are lazy cuz they cant play music....

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

I hear that people that work at the Pentagon are lazy cuz they cant play music....

Or like my ex/kids mom.....bragged one day saying....'I can't believe they pay me SO MUCH to do so little'.....GS 14 maybe more when she retired.....under old system she get 80% of her salary in retirement.....so about 100k/year+++

[Iron Chef]

IRVING??? Now there's a surprise.

Originally Posted by datawiz

You can't teach work ethic. Clearly you and I have it in spades.

There were programs that I worked on...B-1B, F-35, PAC-3 Missile, 787 come to mind...where on day one, the manager sat me down to go over what we were doing and then said "Oh and BTW we're working 60's plus." Meaning it was 60 hours minimum, and you could go over that with your leads approval. There were stretches where I didn't see the sun for a week or more. But as a contractor in the land of time+1/2 and double time, this was music to my ears.

There were guys who actually left for other jobs when overtime was cut (although it was also usually an indication that we were starting to taper off).

I spent a good part of Mother's Day one year laying out fasteners in the bulkhead of an aircraft. That didn't go over very well at home...until she saw the check.