What are the negative aspects of working for the department of state in a foreign embassy?

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Are you allowed to speak of your job?

Answer 1

There might be some difficulties which are not necessarily negative aspects. For instance, the foreign embassy might not celebrate some holidays of the host country. But the holidays of the foreign country will surely be celebrated by its embassy.

Answer 2

There are non, mostly there are advantages, main is tax free income.

Getting use to living conditions and language and other things like location. You miss family and friends if you get transferred within the states also, to another city.

Any big peaceful European city will be batter then Iraq or other such places.

You wrote, "Are you allowed to speak of your job"?

Same caution must be used as you do in states, if it is classified then it is classified.

Gossip is bad any where.