Do government workers do anything?

I used to work with a guy who ended up being hired by a naval shipyard who later complained that all he did for 3 weeks was go to work and sleep!
I had recently been let go from my job under suspicious circumstances again (even though I was a good worker) and was a little upset. I was driven to ask him (rather harshly),
"Are you bragging !?! Because it sounds like you're bragging !".
The leadership in the U.S. is corrupt and exploit their positions, so the problems come from the top down. If you show up ready and willing to work and sacrifice you will feel like you are a crazy freak.
It's a sad state of affairs here.

 

I don't work for the government and never have, but it does seem at least that it is very inefficient. In my interactions with the government, I often see multiple people involved in a task which one person could handle readily, as well as many redundant systems. They also seem to pay employees a lot more than a private sector employee would make doing similar work.

 

Yes I did and yes we do.

 

I used to work for the parks department, which is a government funded program. I busted my ass and would come home exhausted every day.

 

I've worked at the federal, state, and county level. I'm at the county level now. Your hands are constantly tied together by forces beyond your control and I don't mean other government agencies.

 

I worked at the federal level for CMS the agency that overseas Medicare and Medicaid.

 

It depends on what you do and whos in charge. My mother worked for the department of mental health and she was in management so she had tons of responsibility. She also said when her employees fucked up, it was almost impossible to fire them unless they sexual assaulted someone or where using drugs at work. Government workers not working is a myth but I know Government employers put up with way more shit than private employers.

 

In short, no.