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I like the table that 18F uses to distinguish between the federal pay scale levels[0]. I.e. Comparisons like

> Your supervisor reviews your work from an overall standpoint to ensure its effectiveness in meeting requirements

Vs.

> The results of your work are considered technically authoritative and can be used to establish best practices

0: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/pay-grades/

There were similar tables at a large german corporation I worked for. These were basically agreed upon with the worker union for the different job levels. On paper it sounded good, because there seemed to be an exact definition on what the pay grade for the given job tasks should be.

However in reality nobody cared about this official tables. People were just promoted when there was money to promote anyone and when there was noone in line waiting for a promotion in front of them.

That's fine until you get an asshole supervisor that micromanages your work and never uses it as technically authoritative, even though it clearly is.

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