Senior leader with an incredible history of success building companies and teams. I'm passionate about helping others and currently taking some time off from business.
Over the last two years, as monthly Employee Hiring Numbers were released, I reminded folks that the largest growth sector of hiring in the US was the US Government. Little did I know just how many folks were hired over the last four years: 3,500,000 new Government Employees hired. There are currently 23,470,000 Federal Government Workers! WOW, that's insane... The graph below provides a little context. Most people who have "actually" run a company, especially larger companies know that it’s the 25% of the people who do 80 to 90% of the useful work, these government agencies are no different. With most American large companies having massive layoffs over the last several years (smaller companies too), our Government hasn't had any rightsizing of any kind. More importantly, they continue to hire like tax revenues are at the same levels of four years ago. Interesting how the Government not only spends on unnecessary programs, they continue to hire at a record pace. As business leaders, we find this unacceptable and would ask that the Government reflect the challenges that today's business face as well. Agree or Disagree? #FedGovGrowth
