Is it okay to continue to work for a (non-defense) federal government agency under an administration hostile to my own moral and ethical beliefs?
Is it okay to continue to work for a (non-defense) federal government agency under an administration hostile to my own moral and ethical beliefs?
Should I be looking for a different job?
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I work for the USPS. We took an oath to the constitution and it's very easy to understand why. The Postal Service is a necessary component of democracy as long as it remains true to what its supposed to be, which is a pipeline of information between any two points in the world. We can debate the legitimacy of that need after the internet, but there are vital services the USPS provides that the internet can't.
I don't like the direction things are going, but i still want to be a part of that. All i can do is make sure the mail I get is getting where it's supposed to be.
If you believe in what you do and that's important to you, then stick it out. If it's not, then that's fine, but you may want to get out for your mental health.
Thank you. That's a very considered response.
I'm serious about the mental health thing, though. I've had to develope a certain mind set to keep things from driving me nuts: incompetent supervisors and lazy coworkers. The unions really protect us, but the system most definitely gets abused and management is hamstrung to do anything about it i guess.
To me, work is a circus. People do stupid sit? I laugh and keep doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
Thank you for your service
Haha, i never served and this is just a job. It just happens to be one that i feel has some contribution to democracy and i try to hold on to that.
Thanks, though, if this isn't meant in jest.
Delivering the mail is every bit - if not more - important than killing foreigners for oil
You're a public servant. That's cool
Drag doesn't know how they do things in America, but in drag's country, the post is full of spam. No decent person uses it, it's all just corporations and politicians trying to advertise. It's a vector for capitalism to inject more BS into our lives. On that ground drag opposes the existence of the post office. It would be okay if they had controls against abuse of the system, but they don't.
drag opposes the existence of the post office.
If speaking in the 3rd person didn't show the caliber of mind you're working with "opposing the existence of the post office" definitely would.
Yeah, there's a lot a that here, too. But the way or post works is that no tax money goes to support it. It's fully supported by the customers that use it.
Even when the post office turns a profit, congress will take that money and/or downsize the labor force.