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> 
> In Article <46oq4h$fui@cisu2.jsc.nasa.gov>, manning@algoa.jsc.nasa.gov (Tom
> Manning) wrote:
> 
> >I work for a NASA contractor and I can say with certainty that corresponding
> >civil servant salaries for those with 5 years less experience can be from 10
> >to 30 percent higher than contractors. I know many people who wish they made
> >the jump to civil servant years ago as they watched their contemporaries pay
> >grow much larger and their own pay stagnate. I have seen people leave my
> >company...
> 
> 
>     Funny, it seems to be the other way around here at NRL. I have friends 
that
> wished to move from contractor to govt. for the greater percieved security.
> Some took a pay cut and made the jump. Some decided the cut was too large to
> justify the leap. I guess it varies from organization to organization.
> 
>         -- Joe
> 
I became a despised civil servant almost a year ago and took a noticeable pay 
cut to do it.  That is pretty much the norm at Lewis and any other NASA 
facility I've heard about, though JSC with its political backing tends to be a 
universe unto itself.

While we're on the topic of *exorbitant* CS salaries and benefits, over the 
course of my short career I have had three job offers from non-aerospace 
companies.  The benefits were all either the same or BETTER than those I have 
now with NASA.  The salaries were also essentially the same or BETTER.  Using 
the salary of a big city custodian to denigrate government engineers is 
irresponsible and illogical, at best.


DeVon Griffin


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