Job Title: General Engineer
Location: Picatinny, NJ
Submitted on: 24-Aug-04
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Pay/benefits SUCK. There is almost no limit to how badly they SUCK. Cost of
living increases have not kept pace, resulting in wages for me ($63,000 after 21
years), only slightly over my county's poverty line ($52,000), on which to
support my ailing wife and myself. This is 51% less than if someone with the
same
job and length of service working in the private sector. Promotions come only
every 3 to 10 years, if there is an opening. The starting salary was $17,383 so
I
guess I am doing a little better. There are no awards, no stock options, no
year-end bonuses and vacation is earned at a rate of 4 hours biweekly. After 5
years, they increase it to 6 hours biweekly, and after 10 years to the maximum
of
8 hours biweekly. Sick leave is accrued at 2 hours biweekly. They recently
granted us the ability to take Family Sick leave, which is charged against our
sick leave.
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