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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It comes down to four major benefits:

- pension
- health care after retirement
- flexibility
- job security

Only you can evaluate relative benefits of each. For most people, these are tremendious plus but may not for you. [/quote]

I became a civilian after working 2 years as a contractor for my agency. Now I have 8 years of government work under my belt. I saw civilian employees leaving government for better private sector jobs. Also, don't assume that Fed jobs are secure;  we had one employee fired after being with government 10+ years ( who really didn't deserve to be fired). Pensions these days are not that great either, they take money from your paycheck to fund them; it might be worth it, if you stay with government for a long time. Flexibility- well, in my agency, it's very hard to move from one place to another. I all depends on your specialty. [/quote]

Haha such mixed messages. You don’t think it’s worth it yet have been there EIGHT years. Not secure, we had ONE guy fired in 10 years! Why haven’t you taken off for those better jobs (and how do you define better)

For me, it’s been a stable job while my life became less stable as a sandwich generation — dying parents and small kids and spouse with demanding job. [/quote]

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