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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of a sudden fed workers are killing themselves with 80-hour weeks for the good of the country. What a bunch of crap.[/quote]

I’m a fed attorney and I’ll admit I’m not working more than 40 hours (unless I’m earning comp time to use later). Can’t speak for other agencies, but yes there are a lot of feds I know working 40 hour weeks.

But I chose this instead of private sector because I’m a mom and wanted work/life balance. The trade off is less money. Taxpayers get what they pay for. You want someone working law firm hours then cough up law firm pay. I don’t think they’d be happy about that. Just besides we are civil servants doesn’t mean we owe you are labor for below market rate. I care about my agency’s mission, but it’s also a job. Most people are balancing pay/benefits/flexibility when choosing their careers (particularly people with advanced degrees from good institutions). This isn’t unique to the public sector. [/quote]

Ugh sorry for typos, need more coffee.

Just *because* and *our* labor. Since I know someone will predictably snark on that.[/quote]

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