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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Husband is GS-15 and maxed out for many years. SES service means less protection -you can be moved to a different agency, a new position (is there a new probationary period - where you could be let-go? maybe) Anyway, the political appointees can mess with your career, and as your husband says -the pay difference is very, very little for a bigger risk.

Vacation time is good.[/quote]

SES has unlimited leave carryover but IME they never get to use all their earned leave, so they need that and are so burned out/frazzled that it's hardly a benefit in the long run, the wear-and-tear is not worth it along the way.

Also IMO based on 20+ yrs. in mgmt and 3 chances for SES that I decided to pass on, the work at the SES level is (IMO) less interesting and more geared to the crisis-du-jour as imagined by often incompetent political appointees of one party or the other.  My agency rarely directed geographic SES moves, but yes, you can get moved around to a not-so-enticing slot at any time.

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