Leave USACE for State Job
I’ve been with USACE as an Engineer for 15+ years. I’m a GS-13 with a great potential to be a GS-14 in less than a year.
USACE hasn’t really been targeted through all this recent change. We have additional metrics to meet but business hasn’t changed much.
I was offered a job with the state. There is a pay cut of about 17%. However, take home pay will only go down about $250 per PP because the Insurance is way cheaper and Pension is 7%. The state is At-will so there’s that. There is plenty of work.
Would I be crazy to leave USACE now for a state job? I started at USACE straight out of college.