Anonymous
Post 04/04/2013 23:37     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
Anonymous wrote:Military Officers in the super professions get additional pay in addition to their rank.


Military lawyers do not get extra pay. Military doctors do, and it's called "pro pay".
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2013 12:32     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am currently a 12 and wanted to know if I should start applying to other agencies to get a 13 or at least to agencies where the career ladder would give me a reasonable likelihood of ascending to a 14 over time.

Thank you all for your feedback thus far.


Thanks OP, I don't think we realized you were already GS. Yes, if your position does not promote past 12 then (as you obviously know) you will need to apply for a new position. 5 years experience seems sufficient for a 13/14 in that same field, assuming you have good reviews, so if your agency doesn't agree or doesn't offer a higher grade then looking elsewhere makes sense. I do think there's a mild internal bias against promoting existing GSs "too many" grades, e.g., from a mid-12 right to a 14.

If your position does promote to 13 but your supervisor is not putting you in for that, then if I were you or a prospective employer I would want to know why.


OP again
There are opportunities for a 13 at my position, and I'm in the running, but I need to plan my next move if I don't get selected.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2013 17:32     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
Anonymous wrote:Military Officers in the super professions get additional pay in addition to their rank.



Hahahahahaha. Not JAG Corps officers, at least not ARMY JAs.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2013 17:12     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am currently a 12 and wanted to know if I should start applying to other agencies to get a 13 or at least to agencies where the career ladder would give me a reasonable likelihood of ascending to a 14 over time.

Thank you all for your feedback thus far.


Thanks OP, I don't think we realized you were already GS. Yes, if your position does not promote past 12 then (as you obviously know) you will need to apply for a new position. 5 years experience seems sufficient for a 13/14 in that same field, assuming you have good reviews, so if your agency doesn't agree or doesn't offer a higher grade then looking elsewhere makes sense. I do think there's a mild internal bias against promoting existing GSs "too many" grades, e.g., from a mid-12 right to a 14.

If your position does promote to 13 but your supervisor is not putting you in for that, then if I were you or a prospective employer I would want to know why.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2013 16:47     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
Anonymous wrote:All that education to make less than the IT guy who went to state.

-iT guy who went to state (GS15)


I don't do it for the money.
Non-managerial GS-15 Attroney who left a Large Firm for the Feds.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2013 16:22     Subject: GS Level for Attorneys with 5 Years Experience
All that education to make less than the IT guy who went to state.

-iT guy who went to state (GS15)