The Federal Employee Survival Blog

Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.

 
FDA is Mapping an Exit for Routine Food Safety Inspections Nationwide fda oversight federal employment federal job security food safety mindfulness at work Apr 18, 2025

In a quietly brewing shift, the FDA is reportedly preparing to offload routine food safety inspections to state and local agencies—many of which are already underfunded and overextended. If this move ...

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Federal Employees: Required to Report to Office Hundreds of Miles Away? Here's What You Can Do. employee protections federal employment federal job security mindfulness at work relocation rights Mar 18, 2025

Have you suddenly received an email ordering you to report to an office hundreds of miles away—without notice? If so, you’re not alone. Many federal employees are facing abrupt relocation directives, ...

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Federal Employees: RIFs Are Coming—Here’s What You Need to Do Now federal employment federal job security mindfulness at work reduction in force sf-50 guide Feb 24, 2025

Federal agencies are actively preparing for workforce reductions following an executive order issued on February 11, 2025. While we don’t yet know exactly how each agency will implement these cuts, it...

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