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The narrative around fed jobs has changed recently too. A fed job used to be a lower salary, but much stronger job security. Now with the new administration gov
by SamuelAdams 1y ago
The narrative around fed jobs has changed recently too. A fed job used to be a lower salary, but much stronger job security. Now with the new administration government job security is gone, so federal jobs overall are simply not as attractive anymore.
- glitchc 1y agoI don't think this applies. According to the stories here, folks were choosing out of Fed jobs even when gold-plated pensions were the norm.
- l2silver 1y agoGovernment organizations aren't very good at accounting for true inflation, so right now the salary + golden handcuffs combination is way lower than industry compensation, if you're competent. If you're not competent, and you're not doing anything, then you might as well stay.
- rockemsockem 1y agoIt's been almost 3 months. Just maybe there haven't been any new fundamental long-term trends established in that time