Team Leads - Fed Edition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am already an informal lead at my agency. I guess the higher ups are planning on implementing formal treat lead positions, which will be advertised. So technically, some fool off the street can come in and take over what I have built up over the past three years.

Even when we compete them it’s only internal to our office or agency

[Anonymous]

Depends on whether you have supervisory duties or not. I have been team lead many times over my career w/o supervisory duties (I.e. special projects or task force). But now I am an office director with supervisory duties and I hate it so much. Do they have SF-50 form?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

I hope you at least give them a good rating and a cash award at the end of the year. TL is tough!

[Anonymous]

Don't do it unless it's officially in the title. I was once voluntold to be an informal team lead among others in the same grade that had extra responsibilities without any extra pay. It went well until someone came in and completely refused to go along with any of the structure I had set up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it unless it's officially in the title. I was once voluntold to be an informal team lead among others in the same grade that had extra responsibilities without any extra pay. It went well until someone came in and completely refused to go along with any of the structure I had set up.

To add, the reason was "we're the same grade and I only take direction from a manager". Of course management, instead of having balls to tell them they need to follow the team lead, instead nuked the team lead role altogether. So it was a net loser for me in the end.

[Anonymous]

In my agency, a team lead is a GS-13 position that is advertised as a team leader. GS-14s are traditionally managers. There are GS-13s that are not team leads. It is an issue because some people who are senior will just make themself a team lead when they don't have the authority. Team leads are non-supervisory but may have signatory authority, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

If I were the 13, I'd thank you, wait a year and request a desk audit from OPM. The PD has to match the activities performed and the series and grade need to match the PD.

[Anonymous]

I get an email from our divisional organization head telling employees that a reorg is occurring in a matter of weeks and that our SF 50s are in he process of being updated with new supervisors and job titles/descriptions. Fun times. No warning and no input

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

If I were the 13, I'd thank you, wait a year and request a desk audit from OPM. The PD has to match the activities performed and the series and grade need to match the PD.

Is it OPM who does the desk audit or agency HR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

If I were the 13, I'd thank you, wait a year and request a desk audit from OPM. The PD has to match the activities performed and the series and grade need to match the PD.

Is it OPM who does the desk audit or agency HR?

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Pretty sure it’s agency HR

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

If I were the 13, I'd thank you, wait a year and request a desk audit from OPM. The PD has to match the activities performed and the series and grade need to match the PD.

This seems like a great way to make sure your career plateaus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I plan on making my best GS 13 my deputy and team lead. It won’t change anything really in their job description and definitely not pay.

I’ve never seen a team lead advertised. People like those jobs because they prepare you to move up.

If I were the 13, I'd thank you, wait a year and request a desk audit from OPM. The PD has to match the activities performed and the series and grade need to match the PD.

Is it OPM who does the desk audit or agency HR?

HR. I have done it once to get my 14 many years ago. It wasn’t too bad. 2HR guys came to meet with me.