Anonymous wrote:In my agency there was no negotiating leave. As to step, for positions I'm familiar with (excepted service/ attorneys), you were given the step closest to your previous salary, conditioned on the grade at which the position was advertised.
So coming from BigLaw (making $150k/yr+) you'd come in as a 14/10 unless you qualified as a national/subject matter expert and the position was announced as a 14/15. In some cases you might come in as a 15/10.
In my case coming from a small private firm nearly 30 yrs ago I came in as a GS-13 step 6 (it was a GS-13/14 position), which was a few hundred $ more than my private firm salary. The General Counsel said I was one of the only people he'd seen who got a raise coming out of private practice (we joked about my firm's pay scale being somewhat low).
This is what it was like at my agency. I also came in from a firm, but one with a high pay scale, so I came in at a GS-12, step 10. During the process, they told me the GS was determined by years of experience, and step was based on prior salary. Since I was on the higher range for both the GS and step, I didn't negotiate. It didn't occur to me to ask about vacation, which would have been nice -- 13 days a year isn't a lot.
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