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Administrative-Egg18 t1_j6zp0vd wrote

You said it's a ladder position - does that mean you'll be eligible to be promoted to GS-7 in a year and maybe promoted again a year after that? That might make it worthwhile to suffer financially for a year.

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Fy0rG t1_j6zva8r wrote

Guaranteed promotion

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EHsE t1_j76w987 wrote

no such thing, only noncompetitive promotion at the discretion of management

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RainbowCrown71 t1_j70kqog wrote

5 for a year, then automatic 6, then wait a year for automatic 7. Then they have to hop jobs cause the ladder tops out at 7.

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EHsE t1_j76wbz7 wrote

ladders usually skip 6

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RainbowCrown71 t1_j77v9j0 wrote

That’s true, but OP posted that their ladder was 5-6-7, so they have one of those rare jobs that doesn’t apparently.

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