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Benefits - Program Technician US Farm Service Agency Employee Review

4.0
Dec 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Health insurance is paid at 75%. Match of 5% into FERS. Separate account of sick leave and annual leave. Start at 4 hours of accrued annual and sick leave each pay period. After 3 years it bumps to 6 hours of accrued annual leave every pay period.

Cons

Take home pay isn’t great. You have to need/want the benefits for this job to work out imo. Or, you have education and climb the ladder. Can feel like playing politics with the higher ups. Lots of work sometimes, can be difficult to learn “handbooks”, sometimes hard to get help. Mostly bc of the structure.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent job to have while raising a family. Maxi-flex schedule (9 on, 1 off) is very helpful for doctor appointments to not use up sick time.

Cons

Under hiring freezes, oftentimes working understaffed to meet numerous program details.

2.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good retirement benefits. Very flexible leave usage

Cons

Pay has fallen behind the private sector. Bureaucracy is bad. No vision for the future. Field offices generally have a good culture but that is where it stops

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