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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will have the last laugh and some of you will be joining the unemployed line. [/quote]

Or move on to jobs that pay better [/quote]

If there are jobs that pay better for which you’re qualified, why are you in the federal government in the first place?  I’m not trying to snarky- this is an honest question.[/quote]

The mission, better benefits and job security (as one gets older, this becomes more important), better work environment.

I came to the federal government about 2 years ago from the private sector.  Before then, I spent 10+ years in the private sector at a classic GE-style rank+yank company. I am far more productive now than I was in the private sector, simply because I'm not wasting energy and time watching my back all the time.

IME, private sector firing based on "performance" is often more politics than actual performance - I was always amazed at the incompetents who managed to survive by taking credit for the work of others, while good workers who were naive and trusting were pushed out.  Working there always was a difficult balance of doing good work while dancing around internal political minefields.

Now, in the government, I have job security and the confidence that comes from knowing that nobody is trying to backstab me and push me out so that they can add my responsibilities to their portfolio and hire one of their cronies for my open slot.  I can just do my work and collaborate with others.

I understand the argument that the job security one has in the federal government after probation leads to some people who are simply warming chairs but can't be terminated.  But I have yet to encounter one of those people.  Everyone I work with a) cares about the mission, b) works very hard, and c) is not wasting any time trying to undercut another person to bump themselves up in the rankings.  And I believe that work environment is a direct result of federal job security.[/quote]

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