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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you that made the leap, have your hours changed?  With elementary school kids, its nice to know I can rely on a 40-hour-a-week schedule.  Of course sometimes I work late, but not regularly.

I’m 43 and starting to consider this change.  I’ve been a 15 for a decade and the pay stagnation is starting to feel limiting. NO desire for SES.   I have the benefit that I love my agency and coworkers.  And I have a ton of outside-work commitments with the kids so I really rely and appreciate the predictable schedule.

Also - any thoughts on at what age it’s too late to make the leap? E.g. Would I still be marketable at 48?[/quote]

This is exactly me--also capped out as a 15 w/15 years in and I think this is one of the reasons why I've been feeling so aimless at work lately and am just going through the motions. The pay is comfortable as a dual income household, but yes it's low comparatively, but I have flexibility, a predictable schedule, a short commute, lots of outside of work commitments and activities for myself and w/my kids and can be home or at school in a moment's notice, but I just don't have any major professional goals at 45 which is sad and I just don't think I can coast for the next 15 years.  I have zero desire to be SES (seems miserable). I toy with the idea of the private sector, but then I worry about job stability and hours--despite the relatively low pay, federal govt does offer stability for the most part.  [/quote]

This is basically me, though I am a 14, as to get a 15 at my agency, you need to be a supervisor.  (Maybe at some point I will do that, but I don't have the bandwidth at the moment, and the pay isn't worth it).  I have been lately working lots of hours and work stress is bleeding into my life. We are short staffed and spread thin-- it takes years to learn the subject matter. Also worry about job stability, working with jerks, and hours.

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