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20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says

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Re: 20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says

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> The buyout offer entitles federal employees to stop working more or less immediately and continue to be paid through Sept. 30.

> The federal workforce's normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who've taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway.

Wow, talk about an amazing deal if you already happened to be planning on leaving...

Re: 20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says

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> The buyout offer entitles federal employees to stop working more or less immediately and continue to be paid through Sept. 30. > The federal workforce's normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who've taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway. Wow, talk about an amazing deal if you already happened to be planning on leaving...

> Critics argue the offer is illegal, there's no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it's something Congress would need to authorize.

Give then history of this particular admistration & business', I personally wouldn't be too confident in actually getting paid up to Sept.

Re: 20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says

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Doubt it... You'd be a fool to think you'd actually get the money

There's a lot of people that, due to their living situation, wouldn't be able to comply with the new executive order banning work from home. If the choice is between being fired either way, I can see many people opting to take the possibility of a severance while they find alternative work

Re: 20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says

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post #4

> The buyout offer entitles federal employees to stop working more or less immediately and continue to be paid through Sept. 30. > The federal workforce's normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who've taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway. Wow, talk about an amazing deal if you already happened to be planning on leaving...

> Critics argue the offer is illegal, there's no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it's something Congress would need to authorize. Give then history of this particular admistration & business', I personally wouldn't be too confident in actually getting paid up to Sept.

Totally, all those Twitter people that never saw it...
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