I remember telling my dad that I was thinking about working for a local municipality after college. Dad set me straight with that kind of wrong thinking - pretty much exactly what you said.Fuelman » Today, 12:21 pm » wrote: ↑ If and when you find another job in the private sector you should make more money. Of course you have to get around having the Federal government as your last job on the resume. Things may have changed but the perception of government workers is they are lazy **** and that job experience doesn't always translate to the real world!