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[Jobs] Would you Rather

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(April 11th, 2020 at 2:54 PM)SpookyZalost Wrote: @Darth-Apple.  Then you should work for the government as a contractor lol.

It's not as stable as working for them directly but it's not going anywhere either.

(April 11th, 2020 at 2:55 PM)Darth-Apple Wrote: I've long thought about doing that. Government jobs will probably be secure for a long time. The benefits are good I hear.


When I got out of the Marine Corps I did defense contracting for just over a year. I then took a pay cut got a federal job and held that for a few years. The GOV job was CAKE. I left only because I became the guy that had increasing responsibility with no increasing compensation (GOV promotion system is archaic). I left for another GOV contracting job for a serious pay increase. Honestly, the GO ob is stable, but you're also limited in terms of options, mobility, top-end pay.

The GOV job may be stable in theory, but after I left I had multiple people calling saying they were looking or work as the GOV moved their job across the country on a 3-month notice and they weren't moving. As for the contracts, you know when you need to start looking, and you have a lot of flexibility and its considerably easier to get hired on. I went back contractor because the pay is WAY higher than the equivalent GOV job and more than covers the benefit gap.
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[Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 10th, 2020 at 4:09 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Lain - April 10th, 2020 at 4:52 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by tc4me - April 10th, 2020 at 5:46 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Guardian - April 10th, 2020 at 1:18 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by s3_gunzel - April 11th, 2020 at 12:11 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 11th, 2020 at 3:32 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by s3_gunzel - April 11th, 2020 at 4:02 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 11th, 2020 at 5:55 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by s3_gunzel - April 11th, 2020 at 6:40 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by SpookyZalost - April 11th, 2020 at 6:57 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 11th, 2020 at 2:51 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by SpookyZalost - April 11th, 2020 at 2:54 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 11th, 2020 at 2:55 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Guardian - April 11th, 2020 at 3:15 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by SpookyZalost - April 11th, 2020 at 8:29 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by tc4me - April 11th, 2020 at 9:19 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 12th, 2020 at 12:13 AM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Kyng - April 15th, 2020 at 4:29 PM
RE: [Jobs] Would you Rather - by Darth-Apple - April 15th, 2020 at 8:57 PM



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