Monsta, yeah the only reason they are hiring so many is because there is almost a 4 year back-log, now that is what I'm talking about for job security. Since the PTO is the biggest money maker for the gov. we get paid a lot more. That and since the turn over rate is high in this office they offer a lot of different perks, work from home, part time, work from home everyday (it's called "Hotelling", so if I wanted to I could live almost any where and telework every day and only come in the office 1 hour a week, and that is negotiable too).
Hrdgain, with the PTO, it's more like research without the development. I sit in my office and read patent applications and patents and try to reverse engineer everything to see how it works then write a report to the lawyers and tell them, "Sorry but you're not getting a patent." We do have interviews with them in person and on the phone, I have one in 15 minutes, to discuss what they are trying to do and what their application really says. But the job can be very boring at times.
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