Working for the Fed is everything you've heard, and less. - Recensione dipendente - IT Specialist GS13-10 presso Social Security Administration

Management and lifers. Each are a drain on the workplace in their own way. Most high-level managers have never worked outside of SSA, so it's all they know. The lifers feel that their employment is an entitlement, so they do little work. Most are just toughing it out until they can retire.