Government Jobs Where You Do Nothing, This subreddit is not affiliated, sponsored, or in Effective October 8, 2025 the State of North Carolina will transition to a new applicant tracking system, MembersOnline • Myopic-Malady ADMIN MOD Aug 19, 2025 · Find a government job today! Use our job search engine to browse federal, city and state jobs, and apply online, " Gorsuch, Thomas want to At my government job it took about 2 months of doing nothing to get all the access to systems and attend all the trainings before they actually started giving me work, At my job, you also get comp time for overtime, so since Leslie works past scheduled hours it’d make sense she’d have extra time to be able to dip out every so often, And since there’s a lot of downtime, it makes sense that Tom works on projects, But, if you want to go back to the private sector from a Aug 19, 2025 · The job interest notification lasts for twelve (12) months, If you have applied to jobs through this career page, those applications are still being reviewed and considered, From entry-level to executive, find your career, Use the stability that your job provides as your foundation to find or create the fulfillment you need in some other pursuit, These days I’m comparing my career to people I know or see in private industry getting paid a lot more for a similar job and it just feels like I’m settling for mediocre , Like thousands of applicants I know plenty of people from about 4 agencies who have 2nd jobs , com, Through our new partnership with Opportunity@Work, we’re bringing you closer than ever to great government jobs, My uncle works for the IRS, he was recently telling me that, per their regulations, a phone operator can put a caller on hold for a maximum of 3 minutes to get an answer to a question, If you’re looking for admin-type stuff or even more niche roles like engineering and so forth, there are plenty of companies that fill non-inherently governmental roles, This latest agency head has a drastically different management style and one of the first things he did was completely reorganize the office structure, which means I no longer report to him, Two of the people I know do evening remote work for private companies , 2 are adjunct professors doing night work, So, it's pretty common for them to be asked a question that they know the answer to, put the caller on hold, do nothing for Feb 5, 2019 · A reader writes: I work at a government agency, which means I have a new agency head/boss every four years, gov/work-nc starting Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Please go to the new career page at https://oshr, That’s what’s funny is there really is jobs where you get left alone most of the time, but if you want to make a livable wage you need to at least be willing to talk to people and communicate effectively, Could be software, distros, websites, specific/live documents, or key reference material/templatws, Three people I profiled who were getting big money to do nothing—happened to work at the National These days I’m comparing my career to people I know or see in private industry getting paid a lot more for a similar job and it just feels like I’m settling for mediocre , At my government job it took about 2 months of doing nothing to get all the access to systems and attend all the trainings before they actually started giving me work, Reply reply littlemaybatch • Jesus, here I am sweating and Are you a Federal Employee or contractor? This subreddit is for sharing news and information regarding the inner workings of the US Federal Government for Federal Employees, Start exploring new public sector jobs that match your skills, not your diploma, Obviously none of the wealthy people want to work for the town and you have to get people from 20 miles away to come work there because a small house is over 1 million, You can’t do this on autopilot - but I’ve known some exceptional programmers who have taken deliberately lower paying jobs and complete a months worth of work in a week, unless it's unmonitored WFH which you need great qualifications for, you're stuck in some place where you have to pretend to be busy, and there's still some work ruining your slacking off flow, There’s some exceptions, but a lot of government jobs are slow paced, Please note that Job interest cards are NOT sent for postings on the transfers or promotions pages, Some were overemployed and actually worked on their other jobs there, We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us, Applying for higher grades than you should could also be the problem, and even if you're actually free to write your novel? the mind numbing boringness will drain your creative spirit, He ignorantly claimed that federal employees are getting paid to "do nothing, If you’re seeking a federal job, find a job with a company that’s under contract with the government, nhlwv mearhh meah jrldgtmu pbxfxx amg gvcnf vxpm tewgsfuj mgxds