DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by genewitch on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:57PM (#43123187)

Government jobs don't work like that, do they? There's a pay schedule for the job title and that's what you get paid. The codes start with G and go from 1-16 and beyond. Idk look it up. You don't really get to negotiate wages as a federal employee. The only thing you can get paid more on hire is if the schedule for the title is like GS4-GS5 DOE

The flip is they get paid time off, a lot, retirement, health coverage, and maybe early retirement.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by rlpb on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:48PM (#43123809)

> You don't really get to negotiate wages as a federal employee.

Not on an individual basis, no. But the rates get set according to the market just like everything else, to the lowest that results in sufficient supply. The market is always moving. Recent changes will result in positive price pressure. Rates will inevitably lag, but they do not exist in a vacuum relative to the market.

Benefits of government employment exist, but other changing factors still move the market.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:18PM (#43123291)

They do once no one applies at those rates. The deal just changed, dramatically.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by genewitch on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:32PM (#43123716)

I guess we'll see. I don't have a rebuttal or anything fancy to say other than i disagree with your assessment.

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