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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would add two things to the list above:

1.  You will need to purchase your own STD and LTD insurance (if you so choose).

2.  Leave and sick time accrue slowly.  You are allowed to borrow sick time from the rest of the fiscal year and use it before you've earned it.

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I'm the poster that made the previous list.

They don't always let you advance leave. That's supervisor-dependent (and sometimes agency-dependent, even).

The Government does offer Long Term Disability. Ask HR about it. I guess that might be agency-dependent also, but I don't think it is.

You will find that nearly everything is up to the discretion of your Supervisor. OPM allows all sorts of awesome things, but that doesn't mean you'll get to do them. Again, if you have a bad boss.....look for another one.

BUT, stay at least 3 years (not with your boss, but with the Federal Government). If you leave at 2 years, 10 months, you will lose everything vested into your accounts and your "permanent" status that will later allow you to re-apply as a Government Employee.

And, remember, they normally don't fire people in their first year, but they can do it. You'll still be on probationary status.

One more thing.....if the Government offers you a switch, don't take it. Take whatever is grandfathered. The Government will not offer you something new that is good for you and not for them. People learned this the hard way with CSRS to FERS switch (you'll learn about that, too, as well as the fact that you'll be paying way more into your pension than people who were hired a few years ago). My Father-in-Law warned me about this when I was pretty new and I've found it to be true.

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