Please share your experience in moving from private to government sector and what are the pros and cons.
One pro is job security and retirement packages, con is compensation but first two make it up.
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Not that I have looked but excluding IT what would an EE like a designer, product test, validation engineer do in the government.
Not sarcasim here, actual curiosity. Been thinking the same thing.
Where you start on the GS scale has a huge impact on freedom during your work day. Start at low end and someone will be telling you what to do when and how every moment of the day.
You all are the reason Broxton died in the womb and Intel chips in cell phones never took off.. And now you want a cushy state job????
Honestly surprised that ppl in FM affected aren't trying to get into government jobs...there are several since Sacramento is the CA state capital. There's FTB (which has a lot of tech jobs due to data center), the ISO, and of course City jobs from West Sac to Folsom to Rocklin...ppl in FM should really look into the government jobs, yes you'll be frustrated with the level of micro-management and ineptitude but you don't have to work 90+ hours a week, the pay is good once you reach management level (which you can't be demoted from unless you murder someone) and frankly, any Intel ee is a superstar as compared to those who never worked in such a rigorous environment so you pretty much will blast through the levels until you get to where you want to be compensation wise...just a thought
if job security and retirement are most important to you then gov. sector job is the way to go. If you want higher compensation then stay in private, but be prepared to be paranoid about job security for your entire career...that's just the way the U.S. job market is going to be from here on out.
Levels upon levels of red tape. Pervasive incompetence - those that suck are promoted out. Some good people but they are rare.
If you think Intel was an environment of micro managers you'll be upraised when you learn it was mild compared to govt job managemt. Good luck with work flexibility- there is none.
It depends, contractor jobs are different from civil servant. Still a very slow, lower-pay, but more stable environment.
Government jobs are good. I'm trying to do,the same thing. City jobs sometimes pay more. I'm looking for tech stuff. Government jobs can pay,more but you need to negotiate if they decide to hire you. Get what you,can when,u get it. 10%+ raises arent common like at Intel if u work hard.