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Letter: The word is out: DOD gyps employees

Published on December 13, 2007 - 12:33 PM

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Regarding “Conferees' report revamps NSPS; unions optimistic about Bush signature,” although the unions have managed to preserve their right to bargain, they did not win the battle or the war on the National Security Personnel System. The Defense Department has kept intact its ability to call a government worker's cost-of-living allowance (COLA) a bonus. This is a huge loss for the federal government worker. DOD no longer has to provide meaningful wage increases that keep pace with inflation. This is another catastrophic loss for the federal government worker. Federal servants are already paid far less than their corporate counterparts. DOD will also pay less in retirement pensions because COLA money that went toward your civilian pay calculation has now been deferred to bonuses...and guess what bonus money is not a part of a federal servant's retirement pay calculation. Congratulations, DOD. You have successfully minimized my retirement after I've worked for you for 30 years and had 10 years left to go. The word is out. DOD doesn't pay fairly, doesn't promote or hire fairly and steals money from people right before they are getting ready to retire. We are no longer federal servants, we are federal slaves.

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I've been in NSPS for less than nine months, but my annual pay rate is already more than $400 LESS than if I had stayed in GS. They adjust your pay at conversion by adding a percentage of your next step, but once you pass the point where you would have gotten the next step, your resultant pay and any subsequent percentage raises are less. This system is detrimental to the majority of DOD workers.

Posted by Randy on December 17, 2007 - 08:47 AM

This is so true. How do we bring more attention to this issue and get all this reversed?

Posted by federal worker on December 19, 2007 - 08:21 AM

What about no promotions anymore, after all if you are already in the payband, so it is all just a reassignment and may not include any money. And they can reassign at will, those with better qualifications have no rights, jobs are not even advertised anymore.

Posted by federal worker on December 19, 2007 - 08:28 AM

Did anyone think that this new personnel system was intended to actually INCREASE our pay or retirement?? If you did I'd like to talk to you about a bridge in AZ!

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