Negotiate for a govt job?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the job you applied for was a GS11, they can bring you in at GS11 Step 10. The only raise you'll get is the 1% cost of living increase every January. When you have been a GS11 for a year, you will be eligible to apply for a GS12 on USAJOBS.

read the fine print on the job description. We only hire non-Feds at step 1. No exceptions.

We who? Not true (Step 1 no exception). I know one guy being offered at Step 10 (and he still walked away at the end).

[Anonymous]

If the announcement is 11/12/13 with full level potential at 13, you will get to 13 in 2 years (yearly grade increase). But that doesn't mean you will go from 11step 10 to 12step 10 to 13step10, they will only give you whatever step at higher grade that is higher than your current step.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the announcement is 11/12/13 with full level potential at 13, you will get to 13 in 2 years (yearly grade increase). But that doesn't mean you will go from 11step 10 to 12step 10 to 13step10, they will only give you whatever step at higher grade that is higher than your current step.

this doesn't sound right. I don't think yearly grade increases are at all likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the announcement is 11/12/13 with full level potential at 13, you will get to 13 in 2 years (yearly grade increase). But that doesn't mean you will go from 11step 10 to 12step 10 to 13step10, they will only give you whatever step at higher grade that is higher than your current step.

this doesn't sound right. I don't think yearly grade increases are at all likely.[/quote

It depends a great deal on your agency, its budget, and your particular department. I have worked for several agencies, some automatically promote to the next grade after one year in service with a satisfactory (3+) annual review rating. Others make you wait until you have more experience, gain new skills, work on special projects, etc. So an 11/12/13 position you could theoretically be a 13 in two years, but don't assume you will. It might take four, five years, even longer to get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

this doesn't sound right. I don't think yearly grade increases are at all likely.

My position is a 9/11/12 and I got yearly grade increased, so it's totally possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

this doesn't sound right. I don't think yearly grade increases are at all likely.

My position is a 9/11/12 and I got yearly grade increased, so it's totally possible.

Me too. Then had to apply through USA Jobs to get promoted to 13.

[Anonymous]

If the job you applied for was a GS11, they can bring you in at GS11 Step 10. The only raise you'll get is the 1% cost of living increase every January. When you have been a GS11 for a year, you will be eligible to apply for a GS12 on USAJOBS.


read the fine print on the job description. We only hire non-Feds at step 1. No exceptions.




Yeah, that may just be your agency. I was hired at a GS 13 step 10. Would not have taken the job otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What GS level is it? If it's a higher one, it mY be a while. And if it's a 15, there's a federal cap on salaries. The top of the 15 range is the same for the last three steps because of that.

Nope. The last two steps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the announcement is 11/12/13 with full level potential at 13, you will get to 13 in 2 years (yearly grade increase). But that doesn't mean you will go from 11step 10 to 12step 10 to 13step10, they will only give you whatever step at higher grade that is higher than your current step.

Ugh. So very wrong.