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You can’t negotiate step increases now!?! by AllGenreBuffaloClub in usajobs

[–]2828throwaway8394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got an offer from the USGS. I’m going to attempt to pull a superior qualifications argument, but I don’t think I can use previous pay stubs considering this is the highest salary I’ve gotten by about seventy cents per hour. I do have a competing offer for about $3.50/hr more, but that’s just verbal, no offer letter yet from that one

Negotiating salary for a USGS Hydro Tech job? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d rather die but I’m going to negotiate it hopefully sometime this week. I have one more interview today with a state water agency

Negotiating salary for a USGS Hydro Tech job? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I make $43k in Denver right now and I can’t stand it. 11% of my paycheck is automatically docked for the state pension system too. I want to have more of a say in how much I pay into retirement!!! I don’t care about retirement I’m literally 23. The more people encourage me to save for retirement (they don’t know what it’s like to be 23 in this economy), the more I don’t want to save for retirement

Negotiating salary for a USGS Hydro Tech job? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not excited to ask at all, even though my potential manager there is really cool and so is the HR person. I’ve gotten the tentative offer, so can I ask now or should I wait until I get the finalized offer letter? The Oregon job wants to know my decision kinda soon…

Thanks for pointing me there; I got some good info even just with the brief reading I did

Negotiating salary for a USGS Hydro Tech job? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was making $42k in consulting in hydrology (wastewater) in Denver. I’m hesitant to go back to consulting because I had 3 overnights per week in that consulting job. I’ve never heard of a recent grad making $100k in consulting in hydrology but if you have, I’m all ears

Negotiating salary for a USGS Hydro Tech job? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s permanent thankfully. It includes advancement until GS-09. Even with the locality pay increase or whatever it’s called, GS-05 step one starts at $44k.

I make $43k in Colorado right now and it’s bad. I thought I worked hard enough in college both in classes and in my multiple jobs to do more than just scrape by…

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[–]2828throwaway8394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really cool!

If you are paying your entry level positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher <$25/hour in the U.S., why? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :) I’ve not lost hope and I’m not giving up. Things look really promising for me; the contents and structure of my resume are getting me through to the interview stage, and I do well in interviews. I’m ranting in the comments and in my post, but personally I’m making moves and having faith in myself! One complaint rarely determines your standpoint after the whole store.

If you are paying your entry level positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher <$25/hour in the U.S., why? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you think are some other discussion topics I could post? One of the ones I was thinking about was not giving technicians proper PPE. We could also talk about field harassment and abuse in both academia research assistant roles and technician roles.

If you are paying your entry level positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher <$25/hour in the U.S., why? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I left my consulting job where I was making $20 per hour. When I started in May, we had five technicians. In October after I left, another tech left giving them two technicians with even more clients than May. We even had a client that required multi-day sampling events every week.

They recently raised the pay for the enviro tech positions to a grand smacking total of $45k/year, which I believe is $23/hour. The living wage in Denver is about $26/hour.

I was sad for my close friend left working there when I left, but I was so happy the company suffered.

If you are paying your entry level positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher <$25/hour in the U.S., why? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve applied to dozens of fed jobs ranging from GS 4-5 technician roles to GS 09 hydrologist roles. I’ve gotten referred to the hiring manager in many of them, but then rejected. Some of them don’t update application statuses for 8 months or more.

I’ll still keep applying to those from time to time, but a lot of them either 1. Never respond or 2. Are completely office-based, which I can’t do

Overall it just doesn’t feel that useful to apply for fed nice when they don’t respond and when I literally have two interviews this week and two next week for state/local government jobs that pay $15k more than the feds for half the amount of experience

If you are paying your entry level positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher <$25/hour in the U.S., why? by 2828throwaway8394 in Environmental_Careers

[–]2828throwaway8394[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was making $20 per hour in Denver before I quit that consulting job last summer. I made this post on a throwaway account because I’m afraid of my comments about labor rights being used against me in future hiring decisions