Any thoughts on the OPM mass resignation email that just went out? It does not appear to offer early retirement, only immediate resignation. Can federal employees who decide to resign and take 8 months of pay and benefits offered really trust that the current government will follow through on the promise?
This is a question on the minds of many right now.
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No thoughts but I am very interested in hearing those who do.
It sounds like every labor lawyer out there is recommending no one take this offer. The terms are vague and the offer is shabby and insulting. I’m fearful as to what the new “enhanced standards of conduct” will be for those who stay will be.
I don’t know if the offer qualifies as “shabby and insulting” but there are definitely a lot of unanswered questions. If you look at the offer on the face of it, it sounds pretty good; but once you start digging into it there are a lot of potential risks.
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When you send these words out to ALL of your employees encouraging them to quit, “The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector” It’s definitely a shabby insulting insinuation that EVERY public servant is in a low productivity job. I think Air Traffic Controllers are pretty high producing jobs.
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You know it’s a conman making an offer they can’t back up. All expert review of the offer have concluded its highly questionable and unlikely to be fulfilled.
OPM is quoting that 75,000 people took this offer but I don’t think OPM is to be trusted with accurate numbers. I’m really hoping to see some interviews with people who took this offer and their experiences. The only reason I could see someone taking it, is if they perhaps had another job lined up and were planning to quit next month anyway.
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I’m hearing rumblings of people who accepted but are changing their minds after talking to lawyers. This thing plus the shuttering of some agencies is going to end up in grinding the court system to a halt.
I see no reason not to trust OPM’s numbers, but keep in mind that agencies can still disapprove resignation requests. I don’t know why they would, but I suppose some job series might be excluded.
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I’m thinking you must be blind 
I see a MILLION reasons not to trust anything that comes out of this administration at this point. Any federal employees that are currently eligible for retirement (good or bad performers) have got to be a bit nervous. The OPM we know now does not operate on any sort of HR ethics common decency principles.
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