The bright side of this wait for all you applicants is you get to have a good taste of federal government work PRIOR to signing a service agreement.
Decisions will always take at least one month longer than you planned, sometimes/ofttimes more.
The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
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2012_UMD
Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
And the longer they wait, the more I'm shifted into a Nihilistic stupor, singing "Que Sera, Sera" while looking forward the wait extending into the summer.currentrecipient wrote:The bright side of this wait for all you applicants is you get to have a good taste of federal government work PRIOR to signing a service agreement.
Decisions will always take at least one month longer than you planned, sometimes/ofttimes more.
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smat_hopeful
Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
Yes, but a least federal employees get paid while they wait!currentrecipient wrote:The bright side of this wait for all you applicants is you get to have a good taste of federal government work PRIOR to signing a service agreement.
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Guest
Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
Not well, though. At least in the fields SMART deals with.smat_hopeful wrote:Yes, but a least federal employees get paid while they wait!
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Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
People tend to forget the value of the associated benefits and a good retirement plan. With those things taken in to consideration, the STEM fields get paid just fine, even comparing them with industry jobs.Guest wrote:Not well, though. At least in the fields SMART deals with.smat_hopeful wrote:Yes, but a least federal employees get paid while they wait!
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Guest
Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
More likely, they understand that in most industry, you are compensated enough to make your own retirement plan, and still come out ahead of the government plan.Guest 2012 wrote:People tend to forget the value of the associated benefits and a good retirement plan. With those things taken in to consideration, the STEM fields get paid just fine, even comparing them with industry jobs.
Crunch the numbers some time. The government plan can change at any time in the next 20-40 years. It has in the past.
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Guest
Re: The Bright Side of "The Great Wait of 2012"
My husband’s been a DoD employee for years. He could make alittle more money in private industry. But as a government employee, he never misses an event in out sons’ lives and is home for dinner most every nite! He very rarely works the 80 weeks that others in the STEM fields are required to put in. To me that well worth the small salary difference. Remember quality of life is a huge benefit.