[clamper1797]

We ALL work for the federal government ... via taxes

[goseminoles]

May be your best opportunity for a good job the way things are going. Go for it.

[Past Your Eyes]

Spent some years in the military. What would you like to know?

[allmost]

Straight employee, contractor, sub? The nuances are quite different.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Twenty one years of counting beans for the Department of the Army.

[MrPiper]

I've been approached about the possibility of working for them and am weighing it.

USPS here,, not really government, but I had to go though more background checks than the Secret Service.....PS,, I'm a Mechanic...

[pogo101]

I plead the Fifth.

[placerville]

i did in my earl 20s, first programming job i got. lasted 2 yrs. got a site award from the installation eng director.
everyonie else said.
1. why do u work so hard?
2. how did u get the award?

i said. i am outta here losers. never looked back, losers.

[rllngrk33]

The Federal Government is where to go when you want to kill your career. Good benefits and pay. If you make it past 3 years they won't be able to fire you unless you falsify time sheets or travel expenses, or punch out your supervisor.

Be prepared to spend time learning that the best way to beat the system is by giving it exactly what it wants.

[mountainlion]

Insurance, stable work, decent retirement, are good. Sometimes the pay, working conditions, political environement and coworkers are not so good.

[SkyPilot]

Sorry to piggy bank on your thread, but I was wondering if anyone here worked for Home Depot?

How about Olive Garden?

[NonLinear]

Only through about April, then I start to break even.

[jwalsh07]

I’ve been working for them for 45 years now. Involuntarily except for the three years in the Army.

[ansel12]

I just applied for a six million dollar grant to study whether a red shirt on Star Trek is more likely to die than a female that a Cartwright boy (Bonanza) falls in love with.

It has been weeks so I expect to be living off federal funds pretty soon, does that count?

[TomGuy]

I worked two decades for military/General Services Admin contractors. That was about like working for the FED.

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Go for it. In this economy, you can’t be too picky, if you are job hunting.

[Big Giant Head]

United States Postal Carrier here.

[Vendome]

For the amount I pay in taxes it sure feels like it.

[EGPWS]

Not me, I have a REAL job at General Motors...

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I did. It was one of my worst moments of my life. The philosophy was one size fits all. I had never in my life met a so many ignorant assholes with whom I had to work.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Pros: good pay and benefits, good job stability

Cons: Mindless and often boring work, stupid people often in charge because they match some federal quota, super slow pace at getting ANYTHING done, tons of mindless paperwork that no one will ever look at once it has been done.

I quit because of the latter.