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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a fed and I don't complain.

But I have a lot of conservative family members who watch way too much Fox news. When we visit they often talk about my paid maternity leave, super high salaries and easy job. Their views are just so skewed. FWIW I actually took 6 weeks unpaid as part of my maternity leave and make 80k. My inlaws don't even think we should have access to things like the TSP/401k. So to counteract their viewpoint, I do emphasize the importance of my job, long hours and how we can't afford much. People like OP think all feds make 150k and that's very far from the truth. [/quote]

This person actually makes 150-160k. Obviously it's different if you're making 80k supporting a family of 4 - rather than 150k supporting one.[/quote]

Okay, but we don't pay people here based on what their family circumstance is.  Pay is based on the position, and people can take it or find another job.  Someone complaining about supporting a family of 4 on $80K should still take that energy spent complaining and look for a few job rather than bitching about a known/set payscale.  People who are going to complain about having to support themselves on $150K are also going to complain about having to support themselves on $200K or $500K - they're complainers.

I'm married to a fed, and the pay for an IT person is not great compared to private sector.  We do it for the flexibility, teleworking, and benefits, and I work in the private sector.   My spouse complains more about the morons that don't do their jobs or try to dump them off on others (same as at my private organization) rather than pay.  We know what the tradeoffs are.[/quote]

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