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another fed salary question
I'm not on the GS schedule, but our agency has GS equivalent steps on our payscale (like an FP-03 at our agency is equivalent to a GS-13). Our grades have less steps than the equivalent GS grades (we only have something like 10, I think GS has more?). But our steps have equivalent GS steps (so our step 8 is equivalent to some amount as a GS-13 step 8, etc).
Anyway, I'm applying to jobs that are on the GS scale. One agency offered me a job, and their HR person said that they would only match my current salary, since this is a lateral move (same grade level). They said there is NO wiggle room as far as step increases go.
This is contradictory to other sources I know, where they were able to negotiate 1 or 2 steps above their current equivalent step, when they moved from our agency to another agency. I thought that as long as you stayed within your grade level, the steps were always negotiable. Is this not true, and no matter what agency I apply to, I can't negotiate any higher pay than what I make now? Which is ok, I just anticipated a pay raise when I moved agencies.
Anyone done this?
Re: another fed salary question