The present work discusses the repercution of the increasing depreciative speech towards the civil servant - greatly influenced by changes in the labor world at the turning of the century - in the subjectivity in this category. It also discusses how these workers deal with the frequently negative stereotypes that diminish and deppreciate their labor and explains how the lack of recognition and appreciation interferes in the sense given by civil servants to their professional life. An analysis of the changes in the public sector management over the last decade is also provided, with special emphasis on the consequences of the implementation of the 1995 Brazilian State Reform. The work concludes that the current global Welfare State crisis, translated as the pressure for a lean government body affects significantly the environment of Brazilian politics and the organization and ethos of its public institutions. The work identifies a new scenario that generates significant impacts on the production of subjectivity in the category. Finally, it questions whether there is place for the public servant in the world of contemporary work.
Public administration; Work; Devaluation; Subjectivity