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.

 
Federal Unions Score Major Victory: Stay Mindful and Engaged federal career protection federal employee advocacy federal employment mindfulness union rights Apr 26, 2025

Late last night, federal employees across the country received hopeful news: a federal judge froze an order that threatened to dismantle key union protections across multiple agencies. As a federal em...

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When Forced Office Returns Backfire—FDA’s Telework Reversal federal employee advocacy federal employment mindfulness at work reasonable accommodation telework rights Apr 10, 2025

If you've been feeling the pressure of being forced back into the office—or if your reasonable accommodation (RA) request for telework has been denied or delayed—take a deep breath. What just happened...

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