Fat Of The Land: Time was when the way to get ahead in this country was to make things that improved lives and increased prosperity. Now all you have to do is push paper for the federal government.
A yearlong Gallup survey brought this unfortunate new reality into sharp focus. It finds that federal workers "are thriving in their financial well-being more than the rest of the workforce."
While 44% of federal workers report themselves as "thriving," only 34% of non-federal workers do. And while 24% of non-federal workers say they are "suffering," only 17% of federal workers say this.
Financial well-being doesn't include just wages and benefits, but a broader standard-of-living measure. And Gallup notes "thriving" includes those who say their well-being is "strong and consistent."
The survey — the result of 80,000 interviews with full-time workers over the course of a year — found this financial well-being gap cuts across the income and education spectrums, suggesting that whatever their situation, federal workers have it better than non-federal workers.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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