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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do agencies do this? My first agency started everyone at step 1 regardless of prior salary. My current agency uses a formula based on years of relevant experience. [/quote]

+1 I have the same question, what agencies are starting people at higher than step 1 regularly?[/quote]

I started as a GS-10 having come from biglaw.  I’m a woman.  Would not have been able to afford to come if a GS 1 given the hours meant I missed day care pick up and had to choose a more expensive child care option.  Race to the bottom.[/quote]

This isn't a priblem it is a situation. Many of us have passed over jobs because we can't afford to take them. If you had not taken the job, someone else would have.[/quote]

The problem is the person who would have taken the job would not be as good as me, and the public interest would suffer.  [/quote]

Unlikely.  One of the reasons that this is important is that there are still many more qualified candidates than positions available.  You may think that the person who would take the job would not be as good as you, but in most cases, this is not true.  I've been in the hiring position and often the "first choice" is only more impressive on paper, but that the second, third and fourth choices are all well qualified for the job.  And there are many people who want to move to the federal civil service for the work-life balance, job flexibility and benefits packages.  So, you aren't as irreplaceable as you think you are.

One of the facts is that there are more lawyers than positions to hire them.  Too many people over the last 30 years thought that law was the best path and there are now more lawyers than jobs.  So, even if you don't take it, there is no shortage of lawyers looking for work and the federal government does not need to pay top dollar to get good lawyers.  And especially, the federal government does not need to pay top dollar to get the lawyers from the most expensive law schools.  There are many lawyers who did not go to Harvard or Yale who will make excellent federal government lawyers.

I agree.  And I think [/quote]

This isn't the case for technical positions. Average candidate quality is very low. You might get a few qualified candidates, and you're likely to not be able to get your first choice because someone else has already made them a better offer. [/quote]

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