| EIT Coordinator for Sections 504 and 508 |
The USPTO normally only hires engineers (Patents), attorneys,
(Trademark) and computer scientist (IT). There are approximately 5500
people in the USPTO. We will soon be centrally located in a new campus
in Old Town Alexandria, VA.
The Patent and Trademark employee work environment is quasi-quota
production work with much emphasis and reward for making or exceeding
quota. Like any work, the actual work is what you make out of it.
The work environment is this side of wonderful. There is no dress code
and the core work hour is from 1-2 every other Tuesday (no joke). Most
of the government jobs are top heavy (i.e., high grades) with Patents
having a special 10% pay increase plus bonuses and overtime.
It is the federal government so negative issues with diveristy and lay-
offs are foreign terms to us.
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