12-12-2012, 04:18 PM
HAULN-SS Wrote:I disagree about that for Fed as well. Nobody wants to go into any specifics about pay I dont think, but I agree with dave's range of 25 - 30k underpaid for same job. Job security is basically the differentiator. The place i'm at right now has bad benefits, which I'm sure is making up some of the difference for higher pay, but even my shitty benefits are on par with federal benefits, and I get 4 weeks vacation.
You're talking out of your ass. I spent 5 years working with federal payroll systems - I know what skilled fed employees make and it isnt a 30-40% cut. It is generally a much less stressful/demanding work environment and you will almost never work over 40 hours. The only exceptions to this are gov agencies that are primarily not funded by congress (i.e. USPTO, FDIC, SEC, etc) and those places are also much better work environments - people are motivated, shit gets done, the offices are nice.