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[quote=Anonymous]It seems like only a couple of people have chimed in with actual, personal experience in going from federal government to private. I'm federal and my DH is private. Like many, he also has that impression that feds don't really work much. He warns that if I ever made the switch, I'd be expected to work more hours and such. I know he doesn't think I could cut it. But, his work-life-balance is just as good a mine, I think. We take the same amount of vacation and neither of us have to work much outside of usual business hours. The primary differences I see is that he does have to account for his "billable hours." I get a few additional holidays off (but he always gets the Friday after Thanksgiving off, and I don't) - and he has less office closures due to weather. But, he got paid paternity leave. He gets bigger bonuses and has fancier holiday parties. I do seem to have better health and retirement benefits. [/quote]
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