MrVoodoo
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Yup - someone like myself... I feel comfortable working for the gov't. The insurance is ok, but being in the guard I could get better insurance working elsewhere (I could then qualify for tricare reserve - that and many industries now offer better insurance than the typical gov't employee has access to). I currently make $26/hr as a supervisor - Doing the work I do for an outside company (in a non-supervisory role) I could make between 30-33 and hour and have the ability to work overtime. We have a PhD mechanical engineer who runs our energy program... really intelligent guy, but he could go make a ton more for other companies - just not here and he likes being home. I've felt reasonably safe in my position and used that feeling to justify staying put and not going off to try to earn more money. Lose that and there's no reason that makes sense to stay.