Pros
40 hour weeks. I met some great people who genuinely wanted to help Taxpayers and serve their country. However, I met just as many people who earned the repuation of a typical government employee. The IRS sold me on training, benefits, and pension. The training was abysmal at best and non-existent at worst. The benefits are comparable to corporate America. The difference being the amount of options to choose from simply because of the size and vast network. Pension is not what most people think. It is not funded by the government. It is comparable to Social Security, where the employee and the government contribute a portion and after several years, then the employee is vested.
Cons
The security that Feds used to have is no longer there. The lower pay in exchange for the guarantees and union protection is no longer. Communication from management is smoke and mirrors. There is a cult mentality that everything will be fine if you bury your head in the sand. Then thousands of people lost their jobs with a form email, no severance, and no justification.