Which federal agencies are considered prestigious

[Anonymous]

Former political appointee. Everyone wanted to get placed at:

DOJ
State
Treasury
Homeland Security/FEMA (pre-Trump era)
OMB (inside the EEOB)
USTR (considered part of the White House)

Ok:
DOE
HHS
DOT
Ed

Least desirable:
HUD
Ag
Veterans Affairs
Interior

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former political appointee. Everyone wanted to get placed at:

DOJ
State
Treasury
Homeland Security/FEMA (pre-Trump era)
OMB (inside the EEOB)
USTR (considered part of the White House)

Ok:
DOE
HHS
DOT
Ed

Least desirable:
HUD
Ag
Veterans Affairs
Interior

I 100% agree with the above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Former political appointee. Everyone wanted to get placed at:

DOJ
State
Treasury
Homeland Security/FEMA (pre-Trump era)
OMB (inside the EEOB)
USTR (considered part of the White House)

Ok:
DOE
HHS
DOT
Ed

Least desirable:
HUD
Ag
Veterans Affairs
Interior

I 100% agree with the above.

Except there are so many other fed agencies besides for this list. . . Mainly you're missing all the technical ones, but I suppose political appointees would not be qualified for those.

[Anonymous]

None

[Anonymous]

FBI, DOJ, CIA, NSA, NASA

[Anonymous]

FBI/DOJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a career Fed and I don't think there are prestigious agencies. There are agencies relevant to your field or that you partner with, and you may have had good or bad experiences with the people there.

What?! Hell no. There are definitely prestigious agencies. You obviously haven't worked for the terrible ones. There are plenty that have so much dysfunction that the turn over rate is high.

PP is right that the best ones don't have to use USA jobs. I would argue that our ineffective hiring system is the reason many agencies suck. Last year we had the hardest working unpaid intern you've ever met. She worked circles around everyone else, was from a top school and wanted a federal job. We tried to bring her on but couldn't. She didn't even make the cert on the job, but the people who did were no were near as intelligent and hard working. That basically sums up federal hiring to me.

I don't think your post addresses prestige. Prestige is not the opposite of HR dysfunction.

[Anonymous]

Area 51
Those DOD components where the dudes are all legit jacked
President pre-trump

[Anonymous]

Which one is better / more prestigious?

State department (non appointee, obv)

*or*

Contractor working at CIA

[Anonymous]

HHS, more specifically NIH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State Department was prestigious until some hillbilly ran it into the ground

As a hillbilly, I am highly offended at this. He WAS NOT a hillbilly. He was a redneck. Please get your epithets straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:State, USAID, DOJ

Lol at USÁID reference. Nice try.

Why yall wanna cross over then

[Anonymous]

NIH, OMB, State, SEC, Secret Service, NASA

[Anonymous]

For scientists, NIH and NASA

[Anonymous]

DOJ, Fed, State, SEC.