Which federal agencies are considered prestigious

[Anonymous]

GSA allows alaska and hawaii

[Anonymous]

GSA isn't prestigious, but they are the most modernized agency. Every time I go to their building or hear about their modern approach to workforce issues, I get all starry eyed and wish I worked there. Most of the federal government is still working on making yesterday happen tomorrow. I got in to federal service at a decent time and will likely stay in, but I would not recommend it to anyone out job hunting. The private sector has better pay and benefits for a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

I am still dying laughing at whomever put FEMA on the list a few pages back.

[Anonymous]

Federal Reserve Board. Hands down.

[Anonymous]

EXIM Bank

Finance, banking, world travel, decisions affecting people’s lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about prestigious, but we moved to the burbs in another state and H worked from in his pajamas making well into 6 figures at the Federal Reserve Bank and only had to travel twice a year. Very cushy after being a banker.

If he was working at a Federal Reserve Bank he was not working for government.

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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

No way. If your field is health policy and you want to be a lobbyist one day, HHS is best. Most people who could leave State and DOJ by now have left so as to avoid the whackadoodle Trumpsters. Treasury maybe, but if you're smart and talented in economics and finance, you'd want to avoid the GS salary scale altogether and go to the Fed.

At a minimum, HHS has to offer the most flexibility, right? Working at CMS, FDA, NIH, CDC, the HHS/OIG or General Counsel all look good on a resume. And they have loads of other sub agencies with very different missions.

[Anonymous]

FBI
SEC
DOJ
TVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OLC and Solicitor General. Maybe DOJ Appellate, somewhat.

Agree with this, plus SEC and State.

Not for lawyers. SEC is just where big law associates go to be overpaid and not enforce securities zealously. State is full of lawyers negotiating embassy contracts.

Sounds good to me, I'll take it!!

[Anonymous]

FBI, NASA, or CIA, I mean they get shows and movies made about them, lol. But the rest of these nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EXIM Bank

Finance, banking, world travel, decisions affecting people’s lives.

GOP is actively trying to destroy Ex-Im. Morale is terrible and everyone I know who worked there has fled.

[Anonymous]

Can't believe no one has mentioned USPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FBI, NASA, or CIA, I mean they get shows and movies made about them, lol. But the rest of these nope.

Yeah, it's cool to see your job regularly depicted on TV and have people talk about your agency in hushed tones. Funny sometimes when they overly dramatize things, but usually pretty cool.

[Anonymous]

NASA?

Smithsonian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EXIM Bank

Finance, banking, world travel, decisions affecting people’s lives.

GOP is actively trying to destroy Ex-Im. Morale is terrible and everyone I know who worked there has fled.

Is it still prestigious though? Have things changed recently? They have been posting a lot of open positions lately, been thinking of applying.