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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will the topped-out 15s please stop whining? We are well paid for public sector work, period. If you really think you would do so much better elsewhere, please go. 170k a year is a very nice salary. We do get a pension, social security, and access to one of the lowest-fee, well-managed 401ks out there. Inflation may hit us a bit, but at this salary, you have cushions. I’m a single parent who has no access to child support, and we are just fine. And no, I don’t live in the exurbs or eat ramen to survive, either. [/quote]

If you don't think that is an issue, I'm not sure what to tell you as you probably aren't in a position to see how it effects an agency in terms of hiring/retention. We have numerous SES positions open in our agency due to pay compression.  The pay differential between an SES and your average paycapped 15 is about 10k, few people are applying because there is no finanical reason to take 10k more for far more headaches. SES doesn't get locality pay.

My agency competes for the same talent pool as FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) and people came to us because of our 100% telework program so they could escape to cheaper housing. We no longer have this advantage due to COVID as many of those companies have far more flexible working patterns now. I've got employees who are paycapped as 14's, so we will probably have to go back to 4+ year automatic retention bonuses again.

Another issue that is uncomfortable to talk about is that if you need to pay civil servants a good wage in order to keep corruption down. If a civil servant has to work a second job, then you are opening up that temptation which unfortunately exists in many civil service system throughout the world. I don't think we're at that point yet, but if the trend of the past 10 years continues, it will happen sooner than later.[/quote]

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