Anyone out there who thinks that government employees are overpaid, lazy people who can’t get a job in the private sector, think again. Most of us have been employed in the private sector at one time or another. Many of us will return to the private sector again at some point in the future. That’s where I’ll be once again when I can no longer take the stress of being a government employee. While I can only speak for myself, I am in this job, because I want to make a difference. I believe in what I do, and that means something to me. I’ve been in jobs before where I was nothing but a corporate drone. Now I’m in the trenches, and most of the time I like that. Although, all too often the people I am fighting for perceive me as an enemy or “one of the bad guys.” Continue Reading »