"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
No, there were not many. Not near where we lived anyway. There were few to
none.
>
>> 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'.

Nnnnnkay.