Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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> > Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
Trimmed as too long

> > Basically the last part is Julie had a better chance at an 85K job
> > even if she was not qualified, than I do at one i am qualified for.
> > Happened to me recently. A spouse wh used to check in students got
> > a GS 13 job she was not qualified for and they were forced to
> > accept because of 'points'. I got call back and asked if I would
> > accept a GS9 job and teach her. Came with an apology over the
> > system. I declined. BIG paycut for me to go GS9 and I'd have had
> > to do her job while she poloshed her nails or something because she
> > had not enough background and i have 23 at that job.
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> What are you even talking about? I am not qualified to do a job that
> would pay that much. The last full time job I had only paid $18,000.
> That was over 22 years ago.

Maybe not an 85K one but there were many you could have had. I am
sorry you didnt know. Now that he's no longer in (yet alive and able
to work), that set no longer applies to you.


> If GS means government service, then that's what my husband is doing
> now. Not sure his level though. I do believe it is a lower level that
> what he is qualified for but not sure about that. He got the job
> based on it being here and not the level.

Thats ok, happens all the time. He's probably doing pretty well.
Pretty equal or maybe a bit better than his active duty pay.

> I do really dislike it when military and former military people talk
> as though anyone can walk in off the street and get a job working for
> the military. They can't. I did used to work for CGES. That job
> didn't even pay what was minimum wage at the time.

Nope, you have to know the system a bit. Sometimes it falls in your
lap, and other times it can be very hard to accomplish. I did land a
GS job just as I got out but it was too low and while they planned to
upscale it, there was no promise that would happen.

> The grass is always greener and all that...

Not really. It simply 'is what it is'.



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