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I was lucky in some respects as I retired I started my new job on the next Monday. Doubled my pay but here are some things I had to work through.
You can not be honest with civilians. If you tell the boss that this is wrong you catch he'll and get threatened because you have now forced him to do something.
Your coworkers do not have a good work ethic. They are there to do as little as possible to get as much as they can out of the government. They will forge documents to rip off the government and if it is noted you catch hell for reporting it.
Faking TDY vouchers seams to be the norm not the exception.
Integrity is not the norm.
Lack of professionalism and if you have a professional work ethic you get run down by the slugs.
The work force has the attitude the this is just a job "paycheck". They have no concept that we are defending the American population form crooks. (I am in Fed Law-enforcement). If you are not forced to go after a crook then that is ok.
Civilians are not mission focused.
Civilians are not team players. They do not have your back. They will throw you or anyone else under the bus at a drop of the hat.
Civilians have no concept of accountability for property at work and management only will do something if you force them to.
They have no drive to help out their teammates. You can be swamped doing something and they will not offer to help.
Civilians will not answer the phone after hours because they might have to put in some extra hours. (we have availabity pay so we are supposed to be on call. Hell most do nothing for their 25% extra pay you get each week)
Ok I know some of these can be seen on active duty but when ou bring it p the majority of guys will get up and pitch in. Rant over.
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