Government jobs are gravy - MEGA THREAD

[suntan]

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have heard rumours of suppliers back in the good days that had to implement policies of leave your porsche at home when customers are visiting. I graduated in 2013 and have dreamt more of 711 compared to 911's

Everybody's heard this story. At this point it's gotta be an urban legend.

[AndyL]

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Everybody's heard this story. At this point it's gotta be an urban legend.

We should probably check city hall before we decide that - or maybe they have the policy in place

[kobe tai]

If I remember correctly my wife was on the 92k/year salary (top tier for teachers at Epsb with no masters) and her take home pay was just around $4600/month after taxes/union fees/pensiom contribution. Benefits are good and I think they get $700 health spending per year. If you think this justifies a luxury car then I don't know what we were doing wrong. She drove a Mazda 5.

[riander5]

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There was one New Grad position I recently saw at Ovintiv, that was a first in probably 2 years. From what I've seen of people getting hired in G&G during 2017/2018, it was ~75-85K/yr with a christmas bonus at major E&Ps. People had internships and Master's degrees. Miraculously they're all still working. After I finished my MSc. in 2018, I had a mix of 4-month contracts to a year long, ranging from 63k-94k/yr, some a mix of being considered a student (the 94k was a student contract technically if you can believe it).



I recently applied to Golder, and during the application, it asked about yearly salary expectations. Selection choices ranged from 45-50, 50-55, 55-60, 60+. Glassdoor suggested their pay for a Junior/Intermediate was more in-line with $55K, +/-. As I look at a lot of industries, it amazes me how many want a Bachelors's, 1-3 years of experience and <50K year.

If even if I say yes, I'll work for that (and I have), there are 200+ applicants (AT LEAST) you're competing with who likely are willing to work for the same peanuts. Internal references don't seem to make much of a difference these days.

Just gotta chin-up and keep networking and differentiating yourself where you can. Staying positive helps too.

Jesus 60k for a bachelors. I'd just go into sales

I got 62k I think for a shit oilsands construction role back in 2011. If someone offered me something close to that now... there would be no Accord 6x6's in my future