It really depends on what you want to get from a job
Federel employees could be anything from the President of U.S to a janitor of a building.
It could give you a wide range of salaries. Of course you can't expect to strike rich like Elon Musk, I doubt it.
It's a good job if you value stability and security and you don't want to seek adventures in a job.
To me, a job is a job, I'm not doing a job for my maintaining my own ego or self-esteem. I want something relatively easy and pays well. i.e. something that I can handle without too much stress and good enough for a middle class living, for example, be able to pay for two cars, three children, mortgage/ property tax for the four bedroom house. Pension takes patience.
If your expecatations are set right and being met in a job , it's a good job for you. Otherwise, you should look elsewhere.
我好些年前短期见识过，当时觉得是浪费生命，有机会去，我拒绝了。现在又被游说，主要说是福利好，有pension,还有好的医保，远比medicare强，工作轻松。我现在发现自己脑力大不如以前，不知道是不是轻松的工作更合适。如果去联邦政府工作，多大岁数之后比较适合？目前有非常稳定的工作，那种你不走人能一直呆到退休。
但我现在工作很稳定，虽然没有pension,但其它福利都挺好。不知道值不值得
工作三十年才能拿工资的一半
觉得每月有2，3千，再加上SS就够了。
比如一个人做到62岁退休了，可以买雇员医保到65岁；而且配偶当时没到65岁，可以给配偶买直到配偶65岁。这个医保福利，必须你在联邦工作五年以上并且满足退休条件才有。
其实那几年的医保，自己花钱买，也没有多少钱，顶多一年2-3万。
假设你在联邦工作五年，pension是 5 * 1.1% = 5.5% 乘上你的最后工资，每年不足一万元，没有什么意思。
SS不打折扣，不要听别人说，那是州政府雇员，有自己州类似SS的项目，联邦政府雇员的SS和一般人一样交，一样算。
很多以上提到的联邦政府的福利是老的系统。如果现在进入联邦政府，福利是这样的：
1. SS是与非政府的工作一样交SS tax，退休后一样拿SS。
2. 有pension，但是数额是工作年数% x 工资（最高3年的平均数）。即：如退休是工作了十年，pension就是10% x 最高工资。如工作年限超过20年， 以上计算出的总数再加10%。
3. 医保要自己付一部分，政府付大部分，但是，退休后依旧可以买政府的医疗保险，自己付的部分与退休前一样。
但每年单位退休给投9%工资，自己可再投403和457。
工作21年，那pension最终拿31%*最高工资？
假设你工作十年，你的退休金是 10 x 1.1% x (average of last three years salary) = 11% x 165000 = 18150. (假设十年后你挣165000）
你十年后多大岁数？你配偶十年后多大岁数？如果还不到65岁，那么需要联邦雇员/退休雇员医保，每年可能比ObamaCare省两万，自己看值不值。
如果工龄不到20年的话，一般要做到62岁才能退休。所以你要工作十多年才能享受那些福利。
你一旦做到62岁就可以退休，社保金+退休金（近两万）+雇员医保（要花掉几千元），看看自己生活什么样。
像很多年前我见到的，那压力比我现在绝对小不少。
9%的工资到我的退休。我损失的10%工资还要加上这个损失。
白给工资9%到我403里，我自己还可以再投满403和457降低交税的收入。
Federel employees could be anything from the President of U.S to a janitor of a building.
It could give you a wide range of salaries. Of course you can't expect to strike rich like Elon Musk, I doubt it.
It's a good job if you value stability and security and you don't want to seek adventures in a job.
To me, a job is a job, I'm not doing a job for my maintaining my own ego or self-esteem. I want something relatively easy and pays well. i.e. something that I can handle without too much stress and good enough for a middle class living, for example, be able to pay for two cars, three children, mortgage/ property tax for the four bedroom house. Pension takes patience.
If your expecatations are set right and being met in a job , it's a good job for you. Otherwise, you should look elsewhere.