[Deaf Smith]

Were you to be sized for “The last suite you will ever wear?”

[PLMerite]

30 years DoD. Whattaya wanna know ?

[Secret Agent Man]

Read my tagline.

[yetidog]

It depends(like anything else)on what you make of it. I retired from the federal government having worked for NASA, Defense, Treasury and Interior retiring (early) as a GS-14 mid-level human resources type. And I gave a lot of thought to staying with it and almost left a couple of times.

Looking back, I don't think my experience was much different from anyone in the private sector who works for a large inefficient and ponderous bureaucracy. Recognition and advancement is largely a matter of good work, personality, political (office politics) gamesmanship, and perceived as being smart. I like the mobility, friends and public service idea, but resented affirmative action, political appointeees and (generally negative) public perception of government employees. I also was in the field, as they say, not in Washington DC where the money would go further and the B.S. spread less thin.

[mountainlion]

Isn't Federal Worker an oxymoron?

[elcid1970]

I’m a military technician (MilTech) for the Army Reserve. Paid by the hour, turn in a timecard every day. I work on radios and night vision equipment, my coworkers are armorers and vehicle mechanics. Active membership in the drilling Reserves is a requirement which means I will hang it up soon when I am transferred to the retired reserves.

Good pay, working to keep up readiness, I and everyone I work with has been deployed. The boss is OK, the higher ups are mostly timeservers. I’m supporting soldiers and their equipment for the GWOT mission, and that makes it worthwhile.

[Randy Larsen]

If you take the job with the feds, you will be ostracized for living on the public dole for the rest of your life.

I'm not kidding!

[McGruff]

I've been told I can't tell you what I do.

[SkyPilot]

Thanks to all for your replies... Except SkyPilot.

You troll with vanity posts....and random surveys. Thanks to everyone also, except you.

What is your next post? Who drives a Toyota?

How about who uses chap stick?

[COBOL2Java]

If you’re talking civilian work force, you’ve got it made. You’ll get to play solitaire on your computer for 20 years and retire with a nice fat pension. 5% of the workforce do 95% of the work, so drones are aplenty.