Quote (Skinned @ Aug 5 2012 09:34pm)

Makes sense for both.

Quote (duffman316 @ Aug 5 2012 03:37pm)

i'm talking from experience having worked in both, nobody gives a shit how money is squandered in public service because they don't need to be competitive and money isn't an issue, in the private sector they scrutinize every expense

Quote (duffman316 @ Aug 5 2012 05:27pm)

So I've just read the story of that guy in connecticut getting rejected from law enforcement for having an iq that was too high

is this still enforced today and what other fields does this happen in? military/navy/any place with a strong chain of command?

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A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.
Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.
But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
Mr Jordan launched a federal lawsuit against the city, but lost.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Mr Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
He said: “This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class. I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else.”
He said he does not plan to take any further legal action and has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.

Quote (carteblanche @ Aug 5 2012 09:40pm)

do you have a link for that?

/edit: you mean this one from a few years back?

http://nyletterpress.%2A%2A%2A/2008/02/29/police-reject-candidate-for-being-too-intelligent/

Quote (duffman316 @ Aug 5 2012 05:37pm)

i'm talking from experience having worked in both, nobody gives a shit how money is squandered in public service because they don't need to be competitive and money isn't an issue, in the private sector they scrutinize every expense

Quote (killgoreisleet @ Aug 5 2012 09:40pm)

You are wrong, hiring a pig is still an expense. Funds are also limited to certain sectors, so they don't have infinite money to work with. The different state services have to compete with each other over that big pool of other peoples money.

Quote (duffman316 @ Aug 5 2012 04:37pm)

i'm talking from experience having worked in both, nobody gives a shit how money is squandered in public service because they don't need to be competitive and money isn't an issue, in the private sector they scrutinize every expense

Quote (duffman316 @ Aug 5 2012 03:45pm)

i was generalizing and exaggerating the differences - but you can't deny that the difference is there and it isn't small