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.

 
Is Your EEO Claim Strong? Here’s How to Know. eeo rights federal employee protection federal employment mindfulness workplace retaliation Apr 18, 2025

One email, a sudden reassignment, or an unexpected drop in your telework status—these may seem small at first, but they could signal a deeper issue: unlawful discrimination or retaliation in the feder...

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What the Pentagon Isn’t Telling You About Mass Firings federal employee rights federal employment job termination mspb appeal workplace retaliation Mar 11, 2025

If you or someone you know works for the Department of Defense (DOD), you may have heard about the shocking terminations happening right now. Thousands of federal employees—many of them veterans, top ...

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Federal Employees: Your Right to Telework and How to Protect It eeo laws federal employee rights reasonable accommodation telework protections workplace retaliation Feb 18, 2025

If you're a federal employee being called back to the office but need telework as a reasonable accommodation, know this—your agency cannot retaliate against you for making that request. The Equal Empl...

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