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US Forest Service

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Low Pay, High Risk. - Assistant fire engine operator US Forest Service Employee Review

4.0
4 Jun 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Federal Work is more relaxed as an organization and people who work in the Forest Service do it for the relationship with the environment and communities.

Cons

The Forest Service has faced critical cuts and with cost of living increasing wages are not commensurate with private jobs given the education of the labor force or risks placed upon the employees.

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5.0
18 Mar 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Working outdoors, flexibility in shifts

Cons

Bureaucracy, quick shifting priorities, understaffed

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