NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg

Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by dragonwriter on Thursday January 04, 2018 @08:49AM (#16070259)

> piling up overtime and sick and vacation days saved over previous years, people are frequently able to 2x and more their salary for pension calculations.

Yes—with a long career over which to save (especially since public employers tend to have vacation allocation which increases with years of service)—and an hourly wage rather than salaried job so that they are eligible for overtime, and participation in one of the systems that hasn't adopted controls to prevent pension spiking, sure.

But not with a 6 year stint in political staff position.

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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by pc86 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @09:26AM (#16070488)

Salaried workers can receive overtime as well. Your thinking of exempt/non-exempt, which has more to do with responsibilities (e.g. management is an exempt category).

And the "political staff positions" are the in the same state bureaucracy as the other agency employees. They're not treated differently for retirement based solely on the fact that they work for the legislature.

And it's certainly possible to build up a lot of vacation and flex time (not strictly OT but it's still paid out at a reduced rate) in 6 years.

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