government employee
State-paid worker
A government employee is a person who works for a public agency at any level—federal, state, or local.
The term covers everyone from postal workers and teachers to diplomats and elected officials.
Government employees get federal holidays off.
Sometimes used dismissively to suggest bureaucratic inefficiency or job security without accountability.
- bureaucratGovernment administrative official
- civil servantGovernment administration employee
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- public servantGovernment worker serving citizens
public sector · federal · pension · cubicle · desk job · paperwork · desk · badge · office · municipal · postal · benefits · DMV · tenure · union · administrator · inspector · secretary
- public servicecivil servant, civil servants, public servants, public servant, federal workers
- draft defermentsdraft deferment, deferment, draft exemption, military exemption, student deferment
government employeeentrepreneur
One who starts businesses
business owner · independent contractor · sole proprietor · contractor · consultant
government employeeprivate citizen
government, employee, govern, governor, governed, governing, governess, governance, governmental