U.S. Postal Service employees are less satisfied with their jobs than their counterparts in the private sector or at other government agencies, according to an Oct. 8 report from the Post Office’s Inspector General.
GS-10 positions are one of the least available jobs in the federal government, due in large part to an idiosyncrasy of the position categorization process.
Federal employees could "buy back" the time they spent as temporary workers once converted to permanent status, allowing that temporary time to count toward retirement.