You are struggling. You never expected life as a federal employee to be perfect, but you expected to be able to report to work, honestly do the job you were hired and trained to do in a reasonably ethical manner. You’ve worked in the federal service for a number of years, a decade or more and somehow, over the years, some things have changed. Sure there have always been difficult people, or particularly difficult supervisors to deal with, but lately, it seems that there is more to it than that.

You’ve felt isolated and fragmented, as have many of your colleagues. Fear is permeating your work place and it is often a lonely place to be. Choose your agency and tell the tale you must tell of intrigue, mystery and challenge and just maybe also of danger.