Oh, but let’s act like we are all making millions of dollars are all nothing but a bunch of lazy, malcontents who are bilking tax-payers every year. It is more fun to lump all Fed Employees in the same basket here at FR.</s>
I am maxed out at a step 10 and won’t be getting any more step increases unless I COMPETE for a HIGHER GRADE.
But, I have had employees work for me who were denied a step-increase because of a less than stellar rating. I just made sure I documented along the road.
OMG!
Let me find my violin.
Most private workers are stuck at step 3, and private industry (your employers) does not create ten times the people it needs at step 4 until they actually need them even when it takes 15 years.
Any unhappy step three-ers are free to go find a higher paying job any time they want. They can't assume they deserve the next step simply because they thik so, or "that's the way it is..."
What's the problem?