l*******e
发帖数: 309 | 1 I live in bayarea now. A headhunter approached with a position in Federal
government, which is close to capitol hill. This is a very high recognized
position.
I'm looking for any comments or advice here to see if I need to make next
step or just pass this opportunities.
My questions:
1. if working in downtown DC, such as close to capitol hill, where people
normally live. I have a family with two young kids. If rent , how much is
for the apartment. My friend just moved from Bayarea to NY, her off | l*******e
发帖数: 172 | 2 DC offers a lot more options at reasonable cost compared w/ NYC.
Within 30-40 minutes commute, $2000/month rent means comfortable
and not hard to find.
no idea about pension,
not very cold, 20 degree at night and 30 during the day can be called "very
cold" and just a couple weeks a year. Today is 73 degree, LOL.
Life may not be as nice as in SF, but it has a lot to offer too. | e****r
发帖数: 377 | 3 I don't think there is pension plan anymore... | h********r
发帖数: 3291 | 4 If you work directly for uncle sam, you are well taken care of.
You are right, it is not call pension, but FERS is the same things. http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp
As fed FTE, I don't think they participate in social security (so no need to
worry about social security going broke.) They also have their own and
better 401K, call thrift saving; they have their own better health care
system, and pretty good vacation, ... and Tie Fan Wan, that you almost never
get fired, unless you screw up big.
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: I don't think there is pension plan anymore...
| l*******e
发帖数: 309 | 5 I checked benefits. It's not as good as I thought. The retirement package is
social security+basic benefits+thriftsaving. Thriftsaving is very similar
to 401K. So the only difference is the basic benefits, which is 1% of
average 3 highest earnings*service years. so if salary @ 120K when you get
retired, even you work there for 30 years, it's 36K. | G****6
发帖数: 4291 | 6 Com'on, Move to DC. I do not see any good in CA, there are a lot of
opportunities here; you may easily "jump" around when you like. |
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