Everyone is taking a pay cut. Why not the Feds??

[Anonymous]

This thread should be retitled to

"(Almost) Everyone is getting a stimulus check, why not (most of) Feds?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread should be retitled to

"(Almost) Everyone is getting a stimulus check, why not (most of) Feds?"

Yep. We've already taken a pay cut, it's called working for the feds. Only in low COL states does being a Fed mean you actually bdo well.

[Anonymous]

In the summer we can say... "everybody is getting their bonuses, why not the feds"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The amount of money you would save would be negligible compared to the stimulus.

The biggest risk right now is deflation, which wage cuts would encourage.

I am an economist but not a Fed, I can tell you wage cuts for government workers right now would be a very bad policy and would exacerbate the recession.

Some good points

[Anonymous]

State Dept is working round the clock to get Amcits home. DOD is setting up hospitals in convention centers. Shall we cut their pay too?

[Anonymous]

I work for healthcare provider and am taking 40% pay cut but working like crazy, at least 60 hours a week (normal work week is 40-45). No problem with Feds not taking cuts. That is part of the reason they took job—stability. They don’t get big bonuses when times are good.

[Anonymous]

Let's cut the pay of all the epidemiologists working on a vaccine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As was mentioned in another thread, the idea that most Feds take a huge pay cut to work for the government isn’t true, especially for attorneys. There is more truth to that for PhDs and certain researchers, although there are only so many private sector jobs in these fields, especially in DC.

Yes, I remember you. You really think most federal attorneys couldn’t get a job in a mid-size law firm and make more money? Maybe not big law money but certainly more.

Could most move to a job where they consistently got paid significantly more? No.

And at smaller firms there would be tremendous pressure to bring in clients and worries about collecting, among many other issues Feds don’t have to deal with that make their jobs far more pleasant.

If you think fed jobs are much better, why do you work in the private sector?

I don’t. I am a Fed. I’m just not one who buys the BS that most of us are underpaid and could get a much higher paying job, especially not without drastically reducing our quality of life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As was mentioned in another thread, the idea that most Feds take a huge pay cut to work for the government isn’t true, especially for attorneys. There is more truth to that for PhDs and certain researchers, although there are only so many private sector jobs in these fields, especially in DC.

Yes, I remember you. You really think most federal attorneys couldn’t get a job in a mid-size law firm and make more money? Maybe not big law money but certainly more.

Could most move to a job where they consistently got paid significantly more? No.

And at smaller firms there would be tremendous pressure to bring in clients and worries about collecting, among many other issues Feds don’t have to deal with that make their jobs far more pleasant.

If you think fed jobs are much better, why do you work in the private sector?

I don’t. I am a Fed. I’m just not one who buys the BS that most of us are underpaid and could get a much higher paying job, especially not without drastically reducing our quality of life.

The fact that you don't think you are underpaid for the work you do says a lot about the quality of your work.

[Anonymous]

My fed dh is still get headhunter emails from industry every week, even right now, during the work at home.
He already takes a pay cut by just working for the feds, if his pay goes down further it's time to leave.