First, are you sure that everybody is paid according to that table? Or it's just a guide line?
Secondly, if it's true, then the salary is not related to performance, and I would image people just stay there, the longer the higher salary.
Re:Open Salaries: Outcomes
by takingflac on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:50PM
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This sums up most government jobs. Also, the job security is an added bonus. When was the last time you heard of the government having a mass layoff?
Re:Open Salaries: Outcomes
by takingflac on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:42PM
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How many people were actually fired or laid off from this? There was a bit of a kerfuffle with temporary unpaid leave and some people working without pay for a bit(they got back pay latter) but nobody lost their job.
Most (all?) government jobs are like this. My wife is a GS something step something else (I would say, but I can never remember). You can find the public matrix and COLA adjustment based on location and know her exact salary. This is true for all federal employees that I know of.
Performance is how you move up GS and step levels.
http://icsc.un.org/resources/sad/ss/sal201201.pdf
A senior developer is usually P-3 or P-4. It may seem on the low side compared to market rates if you in New York or Geneva - but bear in mind they don't need to pay taxes and get quite a lot of other benefits.
Edit:
This site has more details on the salaries, benefits and theory behind it:
http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/index.html