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by laidoffamazon 512 days ago
> The benefits are some of the best in the world. With near-guaranteed pay raises, cost of living adjustments, discount public transit, and countless other pensions and perks,

This also describes working at Amazon, minus the pension. The real difference is really just the pension.
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lolinder 512 days ago
Name checks out.

Up through this year a relatively large benefit of being a federal employee is that you're not nearly as susceptible to job loss as your private sector peers. Most new administrations promise to shake a bunch up but don't actually cut jobs in any meaningful way.

This administration may be different, of course, if it delivers what it promised.

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Molitor5901 509 days ago
Oh no, no, the REAL benefit is the JOB PROTECTION. As a federal employee, once you've made it out of your probationary period (6mo - 1 year) it is nearly impossible to be fired. There are no PIP's in the government.
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