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Marital Status & Your Career
April 10, 2006 - 3:53pm
Does being married hurt or help your federal career? Do some bosses want the stability of a family man or woman, or do they want a hard-charging single who will burn the midnight oil and readily relocate?
"...I can tell you from experience that being single (and over 35), especially working for the ultra-conservative DOD is a major liability. People either think you are bizarre, a rebel of some sort, or gay; and because you don't share the same 'family values' with them (married at 21, 2.5 kids, etc.) you are essentially an outcast, especially with the
leadership. You will get passed over for promotions because supposedly those with families need the promotion and money more than you (even though a dual income family cuts costs in half). You also get screwed when it comes time to transfer to another location. The government pays considerably more daily rate for a married couple (even
if the spouse is employed) to move than for a single person. Then on top of that, you get taxed at the single rate for your moving "benefit", forcing you to go into debt. Needless to say, remaining single by choice will get you penalized more than you can imagine. Anyway, that's my 2 cents." Doug from Defense.
"As far as bosses favoring married vs. single employees, I have only met one male boss who believed women (married or not) should not take a job that was meant for a man! This was back in the 70's and I, a mother of two young children (there was no daycare back then) worked in the computer room (mostly men) on all three shifts. As far as I'm concerned any woman, single or married, that can hold down a full time job outside the home and maintain a home, raise children and balance the budget, they are doing four full time jobs. This manager purposely gave EXCELLENT evaluations to his male employees and lowered the same for females. On top of this, is it fair for Uncle Sam to allow employees that fall in love at work, marry, retire and both keep their government pensions, when
government employees who marry outside the federal family are not entitled to their spouse's social security?
Is this any way to run an airline?" Andrea of the IRS
Our Valentine's Day offering, "Cupid, Lend Us Your Bow" dealt with love at the office. A survey indicated that more men, and women, are dating the boss and that men, by a 2 to 1 margin, said it helped their career. You can check it out by clicking here.
The answer, probably, is that it depends. It depends on the individual boss and the agency and the mission or task at hand.
This is what some folks said in response:
Detroit's Iron Man
If revenue officer Angelo Fracassa calls in sick today, we don't want to hear about it. How come? Because he's supposed to be on a roll. Effective yesterday, he completed 50 years of service with the IRS office in Motown. As if that isn't enough, coworkers say that during that half century he has never taken so much as one hour of sick leave. So find out what this guy eats and drinks, or what he doesn't eat and drink, and send us the formula. Quick!
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