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Post by tripper on Jan 13, 2020 19:47:53 GMT -5
Don't worry, be happy! Wait till your 1/24/2020 paycheck. 3.1 is an absolute election year gift. Retired military pay only got 1.6 as it is tied to the CPI or some such formula. Don't forget that we also get nice WIGI raises until we hit the cap. It would be unseemly for us of all feds to gripe about pay! Agreed. There plenty other legit things to gripe about anyway.
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Post by arkstfan on Jan 17, 2020 11:35:43 GMT -5
Don't worry, be happy! Wait till your 1/24/2020 paycheck. 3.1 is an absolute election year gift. Retired military pay only got 1.6 as it is tied to the CPI or some such formula. Don't forget that we also get nice WIGI raises until we hit the cap. It would be unseemly for us of all feds to gripe about pay! I get grumpy whenever I think of my former US Representative who used his franking privilege to send me a nice postcard explaining his intent to balance the US budget by cutting foreign aid, Federal pay and retirement. Math apparently not his strong suit and currently we kept safe from by his being in a true do nothing government job Lieutenant Governor. Feds have done OK vs the private sector in general. Since the last big pay scale reform during the Clinton administration Feds have had a few years no raise, most years a raise below the inflation rate and the net result is the typical non-health care Federal jobs requiring high school diploma, associates or bachelor's degree now equals or exceeds the similar civilian position. The jobs requiring MD, DO, PhD, EdD, JD in general are below the traditional 75% of private sector pay target, exceptions exist. The private sector job market the past 20+ years has stunk for most people without advanced degrees. The Feds similarly situated have done better but they've not kept pace with inflation either. I think it matters that a case tech new hire today (when it happens!!!) has less spending power than the new hire 20 years ago, just as it matters that the new hire in the private sector needing similar education and skills is well behind where their peers were 20 years ago.
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Post by blondswede on Feb 12, 2020 13:28:20 GMT -5
The pay adjustments just got slashed:
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Post by roymcavoy on Feb 12, 2020 15:03:25 GMT -5
The pay adjustments just got slashed: apparently the “greatest economy ever” has been replaced with a “national emergency or serious economic condition[] affecting the general welfare.”
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Post by phoenixrisingALJ on Feb 12, 2020 15:19:54 GMT -5
The pay adjustments just got slashed: apparently the “greatest economy ever” has been replaced with a “national emergency or serious economic condition[] affecting the general welfare.” I think 2019 was similar and we ended at over 3%. This initial budget is more aspiration than reality. Wait until after October of next year to see reality as opposed to this stage of the game.
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Post by ba on Feb 12, 2020 16:24:20 GMT -5
The pay adjustments just got slashed: For FY 2021.
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Post by rp on Feb 12, 2020 16:29:40 GMT -5
apparently the “greatest economy ever” has been replaced with a “national emergency or serious economic condition[] affecting the general welfare.” I think 2019 was similar and we ended at over 3%. This initial budget is more aspiration than reality. Wait until after October of next year to see reality as opposed to this stage of the game. Right. And the good news (tongue firmly in cheek) is that we have a guaranteed 1%! 😝
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Post by arkstfan on Feb 13, 2020 10:09:05 GMT -5
Not a big whoop yet.
For this go round it was initially 1.1%, then it was going to be 0% and ended up 2.7%
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