Spouse is a state department employee and currently overseas. I’m a manager with three years of experience in consulting and 8 years of experience in the military where I left as a O-3 (GS-12 equivalent). SO wants me to take a non-negotiable family member hire role at the embassy overseas for one year so we can co-locate. Job sounds interesting, but is a non-negotiable GS-6 equivalent. Family life would be great but am I derailing my career permanently? Can I explain this in the future?

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Derailing your career permanently? Just frame it as a year of public service - seems like a totally understandable thing. And pretty cool!

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You have a solid story to back it up. One year isn’t going to derail anything! I’ve almost had to move to Beijing for 3 years with no job for my husbands job. Was going to try and get a job at the local gym, lol now that would’ve derailed me 🥴

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And that’s if I was going to granted a work visa which wasn’t a guarantee

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This is a really easy story for others to understand. I’m not sure why anyone would hold it against you, especially in the federal space where it’s a familiar story. If your firm is big enough they may have sabbatical or hire back programs

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I think if you lead with “I took X position to support my spouse in Y career and learned a lot about Z” you’ll be able to do well. Most normal people don’t know about GS positions/ratings. Thanks for supporting your spouse in his/her service! Hope you have a great experience abroad.

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I was an FSO for 9 years and my wife had Embassy jobs early on after leaving a great private sector job. No issues derailing your career from my view. Embassy EFM positions can be rewarding and you can pitch a great story about adaptability, flexibility, and resilience living/working overseas. It's worth keeping the family together and your WLB will be great, which is nice if you're in a cool country.

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This is good to hear. I am very worried about derailing my wife's career as we are about to go to our first foreign service assignment and I doubt her U.S. employer will let her keep her job.

The story is all that matters. You’ll be great if you are confident with your story. I’m excited for you!

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Does money matter here? GS-6 is very low pay. I assume your housing is paid for overseas so I guess you don’t have that as an expense which helps.

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