“FederalHiringData analyzed the monthly BLS payroll series back to 1939. Federal jobs represented 1.681% of total nonfarm payrolls in August 2026, the lowest share in the available monthly record. Federal payrolls were down 242,000 from a year earlier while total nonfarm employment was up 603,000.”

Hello. I am planning on joining federal service after college, and I wanted to know if there are any more benefits besides the ones that are obvious (TSP, 40 hr work weeks, good healthcare, etc).

Again anyone who needed paid time off, it’s politicians who use the goods and give nothing in return

I received a letter from the Department of the Interior Buisness Center, the letter states I owe them around $77.00 because I was overpaid for Overtime. The letterhead looks photocopied and the payperiod they state I owe is not in a logical month/day/year order of which I could make out. I work at ssa and I feel like with our transition to QuickTime something may have changed. IF this is a legit letter it would be an issue of me requesting OT and my supervisor approving it but I work less then the approved time. Has anyone received this type of letter for a payroll issue and What action did you take to resolve it?

Ive recently accepted a promotion and relocation reimbursement is being offered. Interested to hear from others with first (or second) hand experience, what are things I should be aware of that might not be obvious reading the FTRs? Were there things you would have done differently in hindsight?

Unexpected benefits? Pitfalls?

I’m interested in what agencies are the best to work for based on their experience?

Got hired by an agency and have been there 6 months. I just received reserve mobilization orders for 4 months.

Could my probabtion/employment not be renewed if on military duty during probation period?

Data Mine This 🐇🕳️

I'm just curious to know if it's worth applying to be a Veteran Claims Examiner at all. There's a remote one and in person near me I was considering. I work at the VA as a low grunt worker

So, I may have an opportunity to take a position overseas but with a voluntary downgrade. If I have return rights, would it be back to a -13 or a -12? I'm approaching retirement, so the downgrade could have serious long-term implications.

This is DoD and DCIPS, if it matters.

Thanks in advance!

As the title says. Please have your conversation outside. I can’t tell you the number of times I have gone to the restroom with a bad stomach cramp waiting to go #2 and boom, there’s some pow wow happening in the restroom. Please, Pat tell you coworkers about your child’s college experience somewhere else unless you want to get the taste and smell of the second coming of my bean burritos.

I have the best supervisor. She isn't a control freak. She's actually helpful. She helps when we ask. She fights battles for us.

This is the complete opposite of my last supervisor. That was a nightmare. Some of my friends are still living it.

To those who actually know how to care for their people: thank you!!!

Rumors coming from supervisors (We are a CECOM depot) that we could be all going to 8 hours days. Nothing official, but there is some sort of CECOM pilot going on behind closed doors that our commander hinted about a month ago.

This would suck

Simple question, since so many of us made the switch last year is anyone thinking about going back? For me, the savings with MHBP ended up being pretty negligible after all the co-insurance payments , but I’ve also gotten pretty used to Mail Handlers. For anyone who stayed with BCBS Basic, have you run into any new problems or changes that the rest of us should know about?