European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Oil ire they paid tog mid ibb Federal government reckons that it pays la Bevc stir workers and most of while Collar workers More than they would Cam in private Federal Blu Collar workers earn an average of Mure than the officially determined average jew Teir local a 1974 a vol service Riu Hudy said 60 percent of Steno and other clerical and a Tyrken earn More than their local counter fcb pm vote jobs average hourly wages for postal i  higher than the average for four Imp vice industries insurance Compa one companies and electric c Merit pay raises Are virtually automatic for Bonus pay for Superior per Tor and the average payment is High  who earn up to a Jim a often paid thousands of dollars a year Aid could earn in similar jobs in in Juilo sometimes earn More Money than expert we have a pay Poncy to Reward Porf Vamce and Penalise we i him service commission chairman Alan last do Fai Tuttem b in for i Union officials argue that the methods for Igov emment and private pay Are and at the government should pay better than aver s la attract better than average u is mediocre do you want a mediocre gov us pay specialist George Hobt of the  of government concern Carter administration officials Job m the level of pay but the idea that people in Job Are paid the same regardless of Talent the morass of Admani Synthie Proee isms dated with the pay process make it impossible layers meaningfully for or to with said pen Onnel Man  hut the Federal government pays its truck carpenters and other Mue the going Rale in their own m we Congress installed two new pay Steps that Federal Blu Collar pay several percent Athan the  going workers now Are paid on a five step and step from the Bottom equal to the locally i since the average Federal Blu Collar Kab the fourth not the he gets about Mots than the going by official the Federal pay system b causing Blue a taters to receive higher pay than their White found that in Mph a typical White Collar supervisor n of per year while Blue pay in the Federal government is set a nationwide regardless of locally in clerical and governments pay scale is generally local pay rates in private acco fing studies in my and to study was the covering u types of a percent of the Federal average Ggaer wan Ihler Iii boat the were by on Wourth of those Federal were where the governments the largest sets the going rate for private than vice outside the the Foitik hat n percent of the Federal workers up paid on the average higher than the going where pay has since inti wages rest of the economist Rena fringe Ohio s me recently con  paid Onri Hirt higher than he based this on a comparison with pay Levels Telephone  and while the postal service paid an averaged 1 he  on postal service year Coo emf hat pest pay has merely beet Ribet co Levels Iima Saisall Ellb wages of ens Toyea by a fsr Tades tru private this map item do not Tad fcb major Udd Ett cok the two Al whose seven members were postal Union based their conclusion on a study of employees in Auto transportation and industries whose pay scales1 Ere higher than the service industries studied by the commission found postal pay and fringe Bene fits Cost an average of per hour while private pay in those industries averaged ignores the unfunded Cost of Federal pensions for government which could easily add another into to w48 per hour to the True Lon term Cost of postal based on recent studies by the civil service commission and the general account no while pay for Lowe wage Federal workers is often higher than for comparable work in pay for top lewd Federal executives tends to be much a1975 study found that the top lawyer in a corporation with sales Over 250 million a year could expect to earn a year in salary and by the polls indicate most americans workers Are under worked and virtually impossible to chief counsel of the internal Revenue whose Teal rung sweated literally Tern of billions of tax the Ogann Amsl budget  a avenge pay tar Tep thakral it u level comparable the too salary paid to Federal civil service executives 1b75study Large pro Rrt Kinstner typically paid a year to their Finan Rondo we and get them As soon As they Are Best but the paperwork required to so is considerable and Only percent of All White Collar workers receive such Bosses also have author Ity to Grant onetime Cash bul they average to apiece and percent get the Only inference that can be drawn from these data b that top performers do not receive significantly greater pay than average or belter than average said the presidents personnel manage ment task Force the of vol service system was Ort equity of u0 to prefect Public fam the abuses of Ike spelts to which the victorious political party awarded Federal jobs to its own members As the spotter in the present system provides a corp of non professional workers selected and promoted on the basis of Merit and paid at Levels comparable to Pri vate the president and his assistants Are allowed to put political appointees in the lop or so policymaking where they can be fired at the bulk of the remaining it million in the executive Branch enjoy something approaching lifetime and Are supposed to run the government in accordance with poli cies set at Ibe these rules and regulations originated As a defense against the spoils system and the poor government that it but they now result in As much inefficiency As they were designed to Allan chairman of the civil service it is so difficult to fire or discipline a Federal employee for laziness or inefficiency that Leonard a i year Veteran of the civil called the Federal govern ment the incompetents Best Friend in an article in the Woith Toton Mon mtg Howard an official in the presidents management illustrates the Point with an eight foot Long Chart documenting the Steps taken in the 21month struggle to Bre a Malin Gerer from the Commerce depart repeatedly the woman Boss reprimanded ver Bally and in for tardiness and fellow Rakers complained when they were forced to a the woman the Boas kept a Dally log of the woman comings and goings to document his Case in Case of an time and again he held meetings and conversations Wiki personnel off leers to avoid an he held up her pay suspended her and after getting the woman doctor to admit that his patient had forged his signature to two got permit att to fire faced with she Raj Giffor reasons of Robert m a lawyer who routinely represents Federal employees who Appeal dismissals or other and Vene insists this default in this Case Lay with the not the they should have fired the Boss for taking two years to do a Job that should have taken two but dismissing the manager for inefficiency would have been much Narder than firing the woman for abbe of sick in the entire Federal government there were Only 239 firings for inefficiency the most recent 12raonth period on Carter feels that inks Are made he cannot Hope u fulfil his Campaign Promise to make the Federal government More be said in his stale of Ike my for ibis 1 ran Ilner dub service Reform to be absolutely vital the president probably can count on widespread Public support for Qiu service Potts indicate most americans believe Federal employees Are under worked and virtually impossible to february the stars and stripes Page 9