Members gearmike Posted August 15, 2005 Members Posted August 15, 2005 I've gotten a lot of emails lately...job leads from when I was looking for work last year. Nothing ever turned up then, but now that I have a job and am not looking I keep getting a bunch of leads every week. Anyway, I got a handful of leads about the Federal Gov looking for AV types. Looked like decent work, really nice pay and benefits...but I've never met anyone who worked for the Government who wasn't a quite all there... So I guess I'd qualify. Anyway anyone out there got anything to say?
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 It depends on the agency. Good pay. Good benefits. Some agencies have good people. A lot of them just have paper pushers hanging on to their jobs for dear life and riding it out until retirement. In those agencies, you will work with the most mind-numbingly mediocre peopleyou have ever encountered. I quit govt. and went into law practice. I miss the security. I sure as **ll don't miss the people or the work. I love my job today.
Members daklander Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 I worked for the Feds when I was in the service. Does that count?Lousy pay, not the best living conditions though the food was ok. The travel...Now, that was a winner. Even the bad places.
Members Mr. Botch Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 I worked active duty Air Force for twelve years, absolutely loved it (the pay got better and better, plus 30 days paid vacation from the get-go) but because of politics and ethics I was passed over for Major in 1995.I left swearing I'd never work for the Government again, got a job with TRW (nuclear weapon engineer) and two years later, when I got laid off, got a job with Thiokol (space shuttle booster reliability engineer) with its 5 vacation days/year for noobs. The Ethics/Good-ol-boy/bureaucracy problems were just as prevalant in industry (granted, they were both Govt contractors) so in 1999 I decided to take advantage of my twelve years' seniority and I rejoined the Government via Civil Service.Haven't regretted it a bit. The bureaucracy does get down on you at times, but I think I'll be here for the rest of my years. Promotions are based on mathematical, clearly-defined achievements so (to a point) if you want to rise to the top you can. One additional point: so many fields are being outsourced overseas (manufacturing, sales, tech support, computer support, medicine, consulting, etc) today; so far actual government jobs are not, plus they'll adjust your income to match (to a point) your local cost-of-living. Something to keep in mind...
Members cherri Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 I work for the feds but our funding is managed locally. Bennies are great, and compensate for the constant frustration. My job is to get teens back in school, get job skills, off welfare and self supporting. In our current economy, it's rather like herding cats.
Members Shars Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 Is that Feds as in spooks Feds or Feds as in Fed Ex? Sorry, after all I a brit
Members Base Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 They mean the Federiccio family based in Chicago. This whole forum is a money laundering scam, but we've got good 'protection'. Just don't piss any of them off or you may end up sleeping with da fishes, capiche!
Members Tedster Posted August 16, 2005 Members Posted August 16, 2005 I work for the federal government. Have for 15 years.
Members blackpig Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 I once worked for local government as an "Arts Administrator". This was in the same County Council that gave rise to the expression "Don't Feed The Gondolas".
Members Ani Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 20 years of Federal Service here, while actually employed simultaneously with two Federal Agencies at one point for a period of 2 years. I've also got a LOT of relatives that work for Federal Agencies and we share horror stories on occasion between the different Fed agencies that employ us. In a general concensus we all agree on certain factors... great pay and great benefits; hell on the social life and you become a piece of Federal PROPERTY the moment you sign on the dotted line. After writing your social security number 500 billion times on each and every document they have you sign to secure employment; you will have it engraved into your brain. You will be subjected to sexual harassment service talks almost bi-weekly and safety talks weekly; they want to make sure that people know how to sexually harass their coworkers without getting busted for it . You will witness one of the most diversified and worldly work forces imaginable. As far as politics and brawn power, the Federal Government is right up there with the top dogs in the Music Industry.... this includes most all Federal Agencies and their top managers. The upper echelon of managers in the USPS earn 6 digit salaries plus bonuses (that they deny), they are equipped with expense accounts that pave a very nice path to travel by, they are accommodated with complete relocation expenses at certain levels, and many are related to politicians holding mid to high level offices in City, State, and Federal Governments. It's nothing new to learn that the worst asshole boss on the shift that doesn't have a clue as to what is going on.... just happens to be a senator's son or a nephew that can do no wrong.
Members d. gauss Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 i worked for fed-ex. it sucked. you had to get up WAY too early.... -d. gauss
Members gdoubleyou Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 I worked at Torpedo Town, Keyport WA. As an electronic tech making killing machines. It was ok, but ultimately congress controls your pay and promotions. And every year they prepare you for congress not passing a budget. Good bennies, and it's hard to get fired.
Members Perfessor Posted August 18, 2005 Members Posted August 18, 2005 USDA in the forest service, Lincoln, Montana. The Unibomber Ted Kasynski lived down the street on Stemple Pass Rd. Great job, put out forest fires, did project burns using a flame thrower, planted trees and drank Olympia beer. US gov't work from that angle is the best.
Members Tedster Posted August 18, 2005 Members Posted August 18, 2005 Originally posted by Perfessor USDA in the forest service, Lincoln, Montana. The Unibomber Ted Kasynski lived down the street on Stemple Pass Rd. Great job, put out forest fires, did project burns using a flame thrower, planted trees and drank Olympia beer. US gov't work from that angle is the best. Cool. I work for the National Weather Service. I sit in a dark windowless room filled with computers for 10 hours a shift...
Members Base Posted August 18, 2005 Members Posted August 18, 2005 The only time I ever worked for government was a temping job after Uni as a data input clerk. This was after the BSE scares a good few years back and herds of cows had to be destroyed, every cow had a form filled out for it and I was in a team entering them onto the computer. Mostly covered in cow {censored} and detailing how the animal was destroyed So glad that was only temporary.....
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 18, 2005 Members Posted August 18, 2005 Originally posted by Tedster Cool. I work for the National Weather Service. I sit in a dark windowless room filled with computers for 10 hours a shift... It always makes me laugh like hell that my pal Ted is expected to know what the weather is like in a room with no windows. "Hey Ted, is it gonna rain?" "I dunno. Let me walk outside and find out." :D Hey, I guess if people can fly a 747 on instruments alone, windows are pretty obsolete. Still... - Jeff
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