You could do what I did and take a grade demotion at a FinReg. My earning potential at a 13 is higher than 15/10 and I have more room to move up. |
And we can try doing that, but we shouldn't see a lower purchasing power at the top of the career ladder we were hired on than at the rung we were hired on. |
I had been hoping for a QSI as well and have seen nothing. Are some agencies really doing the bonuses and QSIs for last fiscal year in the next calendar year? |
Absolutely, but after over 20 years in Federal Service, I don’t depend on anything happening at any given time. I do think eventually they will “right” the system, but it takes so long that when they do, the people at the top of the pay band are so happy to get anything that they still don’t get the right amount. |
My agency normally disclose bonuses to recipients from the middle to end of December effective early January. Rumor was they started making calls Friday but a lot of people are off, including supervisors, so I haven’t heard anything. But at my agency historically the highest performers get both bonuses and QSI’s. |