[klipt]

> high job security

Not so much after DOGE fired entire departments for dubious reasons.

I don't know why anyone would work for the federal government now - pay still sucks, and job security has been demonstrated to no longer be guaranteed.

[snapetom]

Recent events isn't going to change decades of stigma and reputation. People aren't saying, "Oh cool, they purged the low performers. I'll go work for the government!"