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H4l3x t1_j6jvmil wrote

Reply to comment by thenewtbaron in Pennsylvania latest to eliminate college degree requirements for most state jobs by Created-being

yea this was my scenario. got into the state 7 years ago as a clerk 2. no degree, just experience. then i was working for penndot now im an income maintenance caseworker.

literally just moved up the salary ladder by experience alone even though the income maintenance caseworker job lists wanting a degree and/or experience. plan to just keep moving up as much as i can really..

EDIT: also just want to add that I am thankful for the state employment opportunities. I am 32, with no dependents or astronomically priced bills, it fits my life style currently and i am sure there are plenty other people like me who would be happy to get in. also there are a lot of people who work for the state and actually work hard, we are limited a lot of the time due to policies, restrictions and budgets that are strictly set in place and are not as free as the private sector.

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thenewtbaron t1_j6l0z2d wrote

I will give you a heads up, it gets pretty hard to move up to and past a 7.

If you have the ability to get an income caseworker supervisor, do it. a lot of jobs up the chain want you to already have supervisor experience even though it is damned impossible to get as a regular non-sup worker.

I have worked like a devil in a lot of jobs in the state, not all but a lot. I was doing SNAP/MA/GA intake in dauphin county a decade ago, and the amount of work I was doing was amazing. Although, they tried to penalize me for having overdue work. Which was hilarious during that meeting. They told me "everyone else could do the work"... and I asked, "how many cases have they gotten in the last month?" and they said, "it didn't matter", the union steward said that "it did matter, and do you know the amount of cases he has received in the last month?" and the supervisor said "no"... and the manager couldn't believe that came out of the supervisor's mouth in a meeting with the union there. I pointed out that I had processed 230-300 cases in the last month, and still have 80 overdue, which meant I was gettting assigned 300-400 cases a month.

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