Fully remote vs Fed job (need to decide today)

[Anonymous]

I would also take the Fed job due to the certainty of keeping a job. I am a contractor the same age as you and actively seeking Fed jobs. Alas, I don't have any disabilities, so I'm unlikely to get one.

[Anonymous]

I'm a few years older and it is REALLY tough to find a new contractor position in your 50s if you do not have a specific area of expertise or if you don't have an active clearance. If your consulting work is niche and you're considered a SME where you'd be able to get hired right away, it might not be worth it to move to Fed.

OTOH, if you're a general consultant, don't have an active clearance, and not in a Director/Partner/Rainmaker position by 50, it'll get harder to find a job if you need to.

[Anonymous]

Health care in retirement is the main reason I'd take the fed job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a mom of multiple kids and 1 who is also ASD. I'd keep the remote job.

This. You want a 40 mile commute each way 3x per week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take the job. Fed is barely work.

I say that as in private bosses come and go and rules change. We got a new CEO and he DGAF about personal stuff. He just wants work done. So although it is good now contact might not renew or client wants you back in office. With Fed you can milk it

You post anti-Fed stuff a lot dinosaur. And anti-WFH. The Feds I know work hard and care about their mission. Why don't you retire already?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take the job. Fed is barely work.

I say that as in private bosses come and go and rules change. We got a new CEO and he DGAF about personal stuff. He just wants work done. So although it is good now contact might not renew or client wants you back in office. With Fed you can milk it

Milk it?

Yes Milk it - moo moo - look at George Desantos

What an idiotic example. 3 branches of Govt PP. Sigh...

That pp is an idiot, on many threads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a mom of multiple kids and 1 who is also ASD. I'd keep the remote job.

This. You want a 40 mile commute each way 3x per week?

Its actually 8 miles each way, but getting to DC is hard even with short commute.

[Anonymous]

Fed jobs are not that great so no way I would go in three days a week if I was use to be fully remote. Also, with little kids- that commute is terrible.

Feds love rules and love to point out when people are not following the rules so if they are saying three days in office there is little chance a new person is going to get something different.

[Anonymous]

NP. If someone gives 2 weeks notice then says, oh, never mind, I'm staying, 1) do they have to keep you on, and 2) will they want to keep you on long term given that you have made it clear you are/were hoping to move on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is the commute to the fed job?

I need to commute to DC close to Union station. Approximately 40 minutes, with all RTO there is no way to predict who will be given parking and who will not be.

PP here and any chance you are near a VRE or MARC station? I found the train to be much more pleasant and faster than metro. Just an FYI that feds get a transit subsidy that should cover the cost of your ticket/metro fare if mass transit is an option.

What if anything is the comp difference between the two jobs or equal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is the commute to the fed job?

I need to commute to DC close to Union station. Approximately 40 minutes, with all RTO there is no way to predict who will be given parking and who will not be.

PP here and any chance you are near a VRE or MARC station? I found the train to be much more pleasant and faster than metro. Just an FYI that feds get a transit subsidy that should cover the cost of your ticket/metro fare if mass transit is an option.

What if anything is the comp difference between the two jobs or equal?

Thanks for the info, I am taking a huge paycut keeping benefits medical retirement etc in mind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is the commute to the fed job?

I need to commute to DC close to Union station. Approximately 40 minutes, with all RTO there is no way to predict who will be given parking and who will not be.

PP here and any chance you are near a VRE or MARC station? I found the train to be much more pleasant and faster than metro. Just an FYI that feds get a transit subsidy that should cover the cost of your ticket/metro fare if mass transit is an option.

What if anything is the comp difference between the two jobs or equal?

Thanks for the info, I am taking a huge paycut keeping benefits medical retirement etc in mind

Pay cut and now RTO 3 days? That sounds like you might regret it in the short term. Not sure about long term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is the commute to the fed job?

I need to commute to DC close to Union station. Approximately 40 minutes, with all RTO there is no way to predict who will be given parking and who will not be.

PP here and any chance you are near a VRE or MARC station? I found the train to be much more pleasant and faster than metro. Just an FYI that feds get a transit subsidy that should cover the cost of your ticket/metro fare if mass transit is an option.

What if anything is the comp difference between the two jobs or equal?

Thanks for the info, I am taking a huge paycut keeping benefits medical retirement etc in mind

Good lord. Stay where you are OP. You don’t sound ready to make the jump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is the commute to the fed job?

I need to commute to DC close to Union station. Approximately 40 minutes, with all RTO there is no way to predict who will be given parking and who will not be.

PP here and any chance you are near a VRE or MARC station? I found the train to be much more pleasant and faster than metro. Just an FYI that feds get a transit subsidy that should cover the cost of your ticket/metro fare if mass transit is an option.

What if anything is the comp difference between the two jobs or equal?

Thanks for the info, I am taking a huge paycut keeping benefits medical retirement etc in mind

Good lord. Stay where you are OP. You don’t sound ready to make the jump.

I dont think people take up government jobs to make more money

[Anonymous]

I'm a fed who goes into the office on a regular basis. For the days I'm onsite, I work 9-4 with a 30 min lunch break. No one is counting my hours and and my work product meets or exceeds expectations on my annual reviews.