>From Lauri's notes, it seems the Army does do things differently. I am glad to see this discussion go on, but I think we're getting carried away with it; the whole thread has been useful to me in that I would want to encourage those who start at entry-level salaries realize that if you stick it out, you will eventually rise to the top; you have to, lots of us will eventually retire, and someone has to fill our shoes. O Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:51:23 -0500 Christine Mouw <[log in to unmask]> writes: >The Smithonian example is the way it is for museum jobs in most of the >Federal system, and I thought all gov't employees were allowed comp >time--Lauri might check into this if they are denying it. But who >knows >what the Army is allowed to do. Being a museum person in a Federal >agency (the military for example) that doesn't have many museum jobs >and doesn't value them very highly probably makes it a low priority >for >them to rewrite job descriptions and promote. It might be time to >check >www.usajobs.opm.gov -- there are kinder, gentler federal jobs out >there. > >Christine Mouw >Assistant Curator >Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum >West Branch, Iowa 52358 >[log in to unmask] > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]