I wonder what happens if the SSR changes to 40% before your start date, we just had a guy show up to my facility in germany coming from a GS-12 in the states, to a GS-11 here. His FOL was for GS11 step 9 since he was a GS-12 step 2 at the time they sent the offer. He accepted it, and showed up here 2 months later, BUT, in between accepting the FOL and arriving here he made GS-12 step 3. When he showed up and got his SF-50, it was for GS-11 step 10, even though the FOL he accepted was for step 9.
So what I'm saying is, would they try and screw you and give you GS-11 step 5, $94,118 with the 40% SSR, or would the FOL stated step 7 be used regardless of the pay jumping to $99,653??