Re:These 3 Federal Government Jobs Might Actually Just Chang...
by jasonshen on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @11:37AM
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I believe that is not a typo. What they are saying is that this job is a GS-15 job with a salary of 123k-155k, and that in order to be qualified to apply for this job, you must demonstrate that you have at least one year of experience working at a level equivalent to GS-14.
No bones about it, this job requires wading through A LOT of crap. But so does being a successful startup founder, or senior executive at a big company. It may be different kinds of crap, but no important job is every easy. I do believe doing this job well could in fact change the reality (to some small degree) of how government works.
The only chance we have of making the system better is to have capable, good people trying to make it so.
Re:These 3 Federal Government Jobs Might Actually Just Chang...
by pmorici on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @02:21PM
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I understand that, there is a defiantly a typo in this listing though...
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/356185700
"The GS-14 salary range starts at $123,758.00 per year"
Either they meant to say GS-15 or the salary number there should be 105k.
You might be thinking hey, minor issue. It's not here is why. This is emblematic of the kinds of things you can expect as a matter of routine if you were to take this job. A million minor issues from typos and comical misunderstandings in important communications to your email frequently breaking for unexplained reasons to being forced to use shitty government software to do tasks like filling in your time card that waste hours of your life each month. Just because the word presidential is in the job title isn't going to change the reality of how the government works.