Biden to prohibit use of salary history for federal employee hires

[Anonymous]

Sucks for everyone leaving BigLaw for the feds!

Article: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3996409-biden-to-prohibit-use-of-salary-history-for-federal-employee-hires/

The OPM is set to release proposed regulations that will ban federal agencies from considering an applicant’s nonfederal salary history when setting pay for new federal employees. The proposed regulations are part of the administration’s efforts to advance pay equity and be a model employer for the rest of the United States.



OPM link: https://www.opm.gov/news/releases/2023/04/opm-releases-proposed-regulations-to-prohibit-use-of-previous-salary-history/

[Anonymous]

I cant say I understand the move. No two employees are exactly alike and I’d argue external experience is *more* valuable than fed experience in many cases.

If this is a cost saving exercise, congrats. You saved very little over 30 years. Maybe stop spending so much on blowing up brown people in foreign lands.

[Anonymous]

Man this is dumb for the government. The comparison to private sector rules makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

[Anonymous]

Amen!

[Anonymous]

Rediculous! This man. I can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

It’s equity in terms of dragging everyone lower. Is that really a benefit to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

It’s equity in terms of dragging everyone lower. Is that really a benefit to you?

If you don’t like the offer, don’t take the job. The role is worth what it’s worth. Salary history shouldn’t matter. That’s a way for lazy hr people to avoid figuring out what appropriate salary ranges should be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

100% agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cant say I understand the move. No two employees are exactly alike and I’d argue external experience is *more* valuable than fed experience in many cases.

If this is a cost saving exercise, congrats. You saved very little over 30 years. Maybe stop spending so much on blowing up brown people in foreign lands.

What does salary history have to do with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

100% agree with you.

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This. It's absolutely a win for women and POC.

[Anonymous]

Do agencies do this? My first agency started everyone at step 1 regardless of prior salary. My current agency uses a formula based on years of relevant experience.

[Anonymous]

Wow those biglaw burnouts are going to really have to take a pay cut to join now.

[Anonymous]

This is great. I got shafted by this because I came from a nonprofit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. I’m a minority woman who has been underpaid in the nonprofit sector my entire career. This benefits lots of underpaid workers and is a HUGE step forward towards pay equity. It’s not about saving the feds money, it’s about valuing the job and work experience above salary history. It’s about time!

It’s equity in terms of dragging everyone lower. Is that really a benefit to you?

It is!