I’m a Federal employee and I work my ass off.
I cam from 25 years in the private sector and it took ten years for my salary to catch up and benefits? Are you kidding? My private sector job had bennies. This is a joke.
But I’m serving my country, and that’s important. It really bites to work hard and come here and see all the negative comments, especially when a lot of them are wrong.
You are the exception to the norm. A talented and genuine public servant. Most bureaucrats are in it for the money because they had no faith in the free market [or in their talent].