I interviewed and was informed that most of the interviews she was conducting were to be completed over the phone. Good news for me. “I’ll let you know by the end of the week!” is what she said to me. Great!!
So, here it is the end of the week and I receive an email asking what my current salary is. Prime opportunity to start playing the game. I respond by letting her know the minimum I would take and gave rationale for my demand. If I accepted the position I would be traveling twice as much, using my own vehicle, be included in an on-call schedule, be expected to work some weekends, and take on about three times as much stress. My demand was VERY reasonable considering I don’t do shit at my current job. Ha!!
Well, slap me in the face. My current job is two salary grades higher than my old job, however the maximum range of my old job is about $17,000 higher than what I currently am paid. The rules of the stupid HR department that no longer even exists, state that an employee within the same agency that accepts a job in a lower salary grade cannot be offered any more than what they currently make. WHAT? Seriously? But, an applicant from outside state employment can be offered anything up to the max of the range. Please explain to me how on earth this is fair? Oh, right, it’s the state. It’s not fair.
And here’s the real kicker. My old position required about 2 months of training, including out of state training. That’s a few thousand dollars. Plus, a new person will not be certified to actually do the work for about 6 months. So, why not hire the person who is already trained, certified and who you know for a fact cares about her work?
I had always suspected that state employment really did suck, but now I KNOW state employment sucks. You can’t get raises. They’re too stupid to realize that to keep good employees, you have to pay them reasonable salaries. The only option a state employee has is to continue jumping from job to job. Dear God.
Guess I should just feel lucky I have a job, right?
1 comment:
Wow, that blows. You're 2 pay grades higher than the job you'd be going to but making less than what you could make... so these pay grades have severe overlap. Wow, you should threaten to work for another government.
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