by malarious » Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:30 pm
Yes, it does.
That is the "normal path" for engineers in our facility. SMART scholars are given the accelerated 10-11-12, with 6 months to get 11 and a year later for 12. We give special preference and paypools (this is related to performance evaluations) for SMART scholars.
In GS Scale you also earn a raise each year along a step (unless changing grade due to ladder). So once you hit 12, you would be a 12-1, a year later 12-2, etc. In LabDemo you are given a performance evaluation and a raise+bonus. For your consideration, my bonus for this year was $3500 and my raise was 3.2% (separate from the general raise). Early on GS may give better raises, since the amount is usually flat per step, but after step 3 or 4, it is 2 years per step increase, and at 8 or so, it takes 3 years.
So a raise of 3.2% was almost the same as a step increase, but I also 1) Got a bonus and 2) when it gets to 2-3 years per step increase, our system pays off much faster.
Yes, it does.
That is the "normal path" for engineers in our facility. SMART scholars are given the accelerated 10-11-12, with 6 months to get 11 and a year later for 12. We give special preference and paypools (this is related to performance evaluations) for SMART scholars.
In GS Scale you also earn a raise each year along a step (unless changing grade due to ladder). So once you hit 12, you would be a 12-1, a year later 12-2, etc. In LabDemo you are given a performance evaluation and a raise+bonus. For your consideration, my bonus for this year was $3500 and my raise was 3.2% (separate from the general raise). Early on GS may give better raises, since the amount is usually flat per step, but after step 3 or 4, it is 2 years per step increase, and at 8 or so, it takes 3 years.
So a raise of 3.2% was almost the same as a step increase, but I also 1) Got a bonus and 2) when it gets to 2-3 years per step increase, our system pays off much faster.