Public Sector employees have successfully maneuvered the recession, still many are concerned about the next step upon retirement. ATM business ACFN is offering a practical opportunity that promises real revenue and no nonsense.
As the recession appears to come to a close and some Americans are slowly coming out of financial hiding, the nation is beginning to notice which employment sectors truly are the last ones standing.
In addition to the intelligently invested, government employees are proving to be an excellent example of recession survivors.
“While private-sector employment fell sharply in the last two years,” the Manhattan Institute’s Josh Barro noted earlier this year, “the public-sector, civilian workforce continued growing until mid-2008. It has since remained essentially flat.
“While private-employment rolls are nearly 10 percent smaller than they were three years ago, public-employment rolls have grown by nearly 2 percent.”
Government employees have always kept our nation running smoothly, and have traditionally been paid reasonably well for it. From sanitation workers to public transportation operators, public sector employees have the backing of unions that work on their behalf to ensure they receive the best health care and pension plans available.
In terms of compensation, federal workers are rapidly pulling away from private employees. As USA Today’s Dennis Cauchon recently reported, “Federal workers earned an average salary of $67,691 in 2008 for occupations that exist both in government and the private sector, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The average pay for the same mix of jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008, the most recent data available.”
And that’s only wages. Federal health, pension and other benefits are worth four times what private workers on average enjoy, Cauchon added.
However, health benefits and retirement plans weren’t the tools that allowed so many municipal workers to stay afloat. The real advantages are their high levels of job security, steadily increasing wages, and shockingly young retirement ages.
Department of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond of Georgia discussed the benefits of government employment, “Government has been a huge job creation engine for most of the 1990s and through the early part of this century. The communities that have been most successful [through the recession] have benefited from a huge government investment.”
With so many of these workers retiring between the ages of 40 – 55, several of them have gone on to explore new opportunities after servicing their government. Tending toward business ideas that supplement their pension, they generally prefer low commitment engagements with high levels of return.
In response to the interest of this community, The ACFN ATM Franchise, a Silicon Valley company is recruiting retired public sector workers into their ranks. With over 1200 locations across the nation, ACFN (American Consumer Financial Network) offers the option to purchase their own ATM franchise. Franchisees can turn one ATM into dozens, and enjoy an excellent profit based on ATM service charges, incurred whenever their machine is used.
ACFN President and Founder Jeff Kerr directed this comment to government and municipal employees interested in owning their own business, “ACFN is an excellent opportunity for people who are interested in a straightforward opportunity that prides itself on being uncomplicated. We provide training and have a strong support team in place to help franchise owners with all aspects of operating their business including ATM placement and business management. No prior experience is required or needed to join ACFN”.
Generous retirement packages aside, the twenty-first century was a good time to be publicly employed. And with the advantage of large payouts upon departure, retirees are outfitted with lump sums of money that would be perfectly invested in ACFN’s entrepreneurial opportunity.
The franchise fee for ACFN starts at $25,000.
The company provides a comprehensive training program at their headquarters in San Jose, California and the best ongoing customer service that is frequently described as second to none.
