Civil serpents.
Perfect.
I work with some. If laying about complaining about compensation is a serpent the they are. Interesting is not many contractors at any level will convert so the pay/benefits are better in private sector. But if you want to play games, be a dick and complain the civil serpents are the way to go.
I know many here think they are over paid but in engineering that isn’t the case. Most will never convert because of the $.