SK-16 at SEC - what salary would it take you to leave for private sector?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow people here must really love the SEC and/or really be scared of any potential instability in the private sector. I'm not even a 16 - currently a 14 making 225k. I'd leave for any offer at 250k+. Yes I understand I give up things like a pension and cheap healthcare, while taking on layoff risk. But IDK you only live once and to me that's too short to be pushing paper with govt workers forever just for stability and a pension at age 62. YMMV.

Not billing hours is worth at least 25k.

+1. Billing time sucks.

Getting permission to take half an hour off during the day, and then getting permission to work half an hour after hours to make up the day sucks ass as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow people here must really love the SEC and/or really be scared of any potential instability in the private sector. I'm not even a 16 - currently a 14 making 225k. I'd leave for any offer at 250k+. Yes I understand I give up things like a pension and cheap healthcare, while taking on layoff risk. But IDK you only live once and to me that's too short to be pushing paper with govt workers forever just for stability and a pension at age 62. YMMV.

Not billing hours is worth at least 25k.

+1. Billing time sucks.

Getting permission to take half an hour off during the day, and then getting permission to work half an hour after hours to make up the day sucks ass as well.

That is not how it runs at the SEC. At my agency we have variable schedule and maxiflex and just record our hours end of day, as in “I worked 8 hours today” vs breaking it down in 15 min units per client.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow people here must really love the SEC and/or really be scared of any potential instability in the private sector. I'm not even a 16 - currently a 14 making 225k. I'd leave for any offer at 250k+. Yes I understand I give up things like a pension and cheap healthcare, while taking on layoff risk. But IDK you only live once and to me that's too short to be pushing paper with govt workers forever just for stability and a pension at age 62. YMMV.

Not billing hours is worth at least 25k.

+1. Billing time sucks.

Getting permission to take half an hour off during the day, and then getting permission to work half an hour after hours to make up the day sucks ass as well.

I'm not sure of any financial regulator that operates that way, and certainly not for lawyers.