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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in a non-profit, so arguably, really serving--not faux "public service" that government employees claim. So I probably make less and do not get a pension. So please spare me the "years of public service." We're all working hard, so there's no argument there. You are not changing the world, and you didn't go into government work to make the world a better place,  you did it for security, the fact that it's nearly impossible to get fired, and for the pension. Public service. Please.[/quote]

Honestly I feel the same way.

If you were in the military, you served.

If you’re a 100% remote non-sup GS15 who’s spent 20 years with the U.S. govt, I’m not convinced that you spent your career “serving the public.” Most Feds I know are bored at work and stick around for flexibility and security.

But either way you’ve earned your pension so I won’t begrudge you![/quote]

I'm a fed who is bored at work and have stuff cuz around for the security and pension, and I still think what I do is public service.

I'm a structural engineer with now 20+ years of technical expertise. In the private sector I would make double what I make for the fed, plus years of bonuses. What I do is essential and I'm good at it, even if at this stage I'm bored and don't feel that passionate about it anymore. Without people like me, there are a lot of basic government services that people take for granted (like, I don't know, having safe roads and bridges) that would be hard to provide, or would cost much more than it currently does because you'd have to contact it out to the private sector. You can have me at a lower salary with a pension commitment, or another version of me at twice my current salary. But either way, people like me are a necessity and our work dies in fact serve the public interest.

A lot of people in public interest don't really effect much change or do any good. Many nonprofits are pretty useless. That can be true if government workers too. The idea that ALL feds are just lazy and useless is so ignorant though.[/quote]

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