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.
If a VA hospital bans rainbow lanyards or warns employees they can be fired for wearing Pride colors, that’s not just poor optics—it’s likely unlawful. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which a...
A newly leaked document confirms what many suspected: some in Washington saw the recent shutdown not just as a funding lapse, but as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce. According to Polit...
Roughly 7,000 FDA employees recently saw their paychecks vanish or shrink after an internal timekeeping error coded them as furloughed—even though they’re exempt. In federal terms, “exempt” means your...
The latest shutdown-related Reduction in Force (RIF) filings put names, faces, and fears on record—reminders that behind every “cost-saving measure” are human beings who have served their country for ...
I know it’s been a tough stretch for a lot of folks across the federal community, but Lydia and I have been working on something we’re really excited to share.
We’ve been quietly building a brand-new...
Roughly 1.4 million federal employees have now missed a full paycheck. About half are furloughed; the rest are “excepted,” required to work without pay. The strain isn’t theoretical—it’s reshaping liv...
At Southworth PC, our mission is clear: protect the rights and careers of federal employees. As the government funding lapse continues—affecting paychecks, benefits, mission-critical work and workplac...
For federal employees facing furloughs or ongoing instability, the sense of control can vanish overnight. One powerful way to regain balance is through intention—using deliberate, daily practices that...
Since early September, reports have surfaced of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The White House has justified the actions by claiming the ...
The best part of my job has always been simple to name and hard to describe: standing up for the people who stand up for America. Federal service is a quiet kind of courage—steady, unseen, and essenti...
There’s finally a hint of movement in Washington. As of Friday, October 24, 2025, two competing Senate bills—one from Senator Ron Johnson to pay “excepted” employees and the military, and another from...
Federal employees, here’s why you should care about a new lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In September, the EEOC quietly instructed its offices to halt all disparat...
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