US Federal Employees
The cluster focuses on discussions about US federal government employees, including their employment practices, furloughs, contractors, job numbers, and criticisms of government work.
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Are those government employees?
People employed by the US government.
Government employees have a habit of doing that.
Explains so many government agency employees.
That's how us government jobs work too :)
The employer is the US federal government, in this case.
What about government employees?
The federal government pays a vast number of people a vast amount of money every day. Not all of them are employees.
Federal employees aren't the only ones furloughed! (Some) contractors (for example) are too!
What’s the appropriate number of employees for the federal government?