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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to what non feds have dealt with for decades. [/quote]
Ex-FSO here.  I get what you're saying.  And overseas feds can be whiny when they come back for a tour in "expensive" DC.  But why does it have to be a race to the bottom?  Because most non feds don't work so many evenings and weekends.  They don't have to be worldwide available for their jobs.  Their spouses aren't putting careers on hold.  Their kids aren't saying goodbye to their friends every few years.  They aren't contending with stressors and conditions that lead to higher rates of divorce and in some cases, death.  And they didn't spend years cultivating arcane language and technical skills that are necessary and beneficial for the American people no matter the political administration, but not too useful in other jobs.

If bright young people are willing to forego a normal, non fed career path do all of this instead, why not give them a little more job security than the average American worker?[/quote]

Why?
“not too useful in other jobs” is right
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