Exit opportunities for Staff 2? How are government accounting positions?

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Working for the government will be the easiest job you've ever had. You will also have zero upward mobility. If a stable schedule and a 100% safe for life paycheck are what you want, go for it.

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Turning tricks and living in a van down by the river.

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You'll also have the "protection" and work limitations of a union. One thing that surprised me about government was the cutthroat environment. There are fewer opportunities for upward mobility, so people can get pretty nasty. That's also why there are a lot of PhDs in government; they get it through a PhD mill for the extra promotion points.

You'll love it!

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Federal?

Government jobs have upward mobility if you want it, but you’ll typically progress slower than in public accounting.

But I agree: easy/boring.

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