Vantaggi
The agency is always evolving. If you can focus on yourself and not everyone else, you will excel. There is excellent room to grow if you apply yourself. Getting a Federal Job with just a High School Diploma or GED is next to impossible anywhere else. My listed is based on longevity. That is what you can obtain if you apply yourself. This isn't a fast-food job. Time to put the adult hat on. Invest in TSP, max it out and within 15 years you can have an easy million, as they match the first 5% then portions thereafter. Make it work for you. But it is a job, you have to work. San Antonio is not my work location, can't be anonymous if home airport listed. By the way, I started out at the bottom, now taking home 118k. Working hard pays off.
Svantaggi
There is the pettiness, that is with any job. Do your job, don't let the 2 percent control you. Follow policy and you will never go wrong. Don't be a sick leave warrior, you can save that forever and then sell it back when you retire. Go to work, do your job that you are getting paid to do.