Give me an actual buyout, backed with Congressionally appropriated funds, and I’ll consider it. This “deferred resignation” isn’t fooling me. I’ll be much better off getting fired and collecting my Congressionally appropriated severance pay and unemployment benefits, thanks.
I am taking the offer. I was going to retire this year anyway. I'd be crazy not to accept 8 months of administrative leave, at full pay. Then I can retire with a higher pension too, with that much added service time. And a lump sum for annual leave accrual.
SSA needs to tell us 1. Which positions will be excepted from the offer, and from receiving the 8 months administrative leave promised in in the offer? 2. If we don't take the offer, what is the date when we have to return to office 5 days per week? (Or does O'Malley's 5 year agreement protecting current telework levels still stand?)
It is impossible to make an informed decision without this information.
Interesting, so you believe, with no formal paperwork or approval mechanism that they will honor the agreement and actually pay you the salary, knowing full well that Twitter employees and most everyone that ever had a contract with trump were never paid.
Perhaps this is a litmus test to see if federal employees are the best and brightest the country has to offer. (joke! I worked for ssa for five years before I bailed, i honestly cannot understand how anyone stays)
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Seriously considering it. No details on what happens to your accrued leave. Will the extra months count as service credit if they pay us in Admin Leave? I do find it curious that they want a response 1 day before the final RTO rules are out.
I think 2/24 was what they were going to announce, but they had 2nd thoughts because the new OPM guidance said they should consider existing union contracts. In SSAs case the last contract says 5 more years of telework.
The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Whitaker, resigned from his position on January 20 after repeated demands from Elon Musk that he quit, leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader during a major crisis in the wake of the D.C. plane crash.
Musk called for Whitaker’s resignation in September after the FAA chief proposed fining Musk’s company SpaceX over $600,000 in civil penalties for failing to follow license requirements during two launches in 2023. Whitaker told a congressional panel at the time that fines were “the only tool we have to get compliance on safety matters.”
The better question is if one will take the early out if the buyout money is not allocated by Congress? SSA management is still determining who is exempt from the early out.
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Give me an actual buyout, backed with Congressionally appropriated funds, and I’ll consider it. This “deferred resignation” isn’t fooling me. I’ll be much better off getting fired and collecting my Congressionally appropriated severance pay and unemployment benefits, thanks.
I am taking the offer. I was going to retire this year anyway. I'd be crazy not to accept 8 months of administrative leave, at full pay. Then I can retire with a higher pension too, with that much added service time. And a lump sum for annual leave accrual.
Anyone remotely considering this needs a payee stat! This offer is so disingenuous and just fake news!
SSA needs to tell us
1. Which positions will be excepted from the offer, and from receiving the 8 months administrative leave promised in in the offer?
2. If we don't take the offer, what is the date when we have to return to office 5 days per week? (Or does O'Malley's 5 year agreement protecting current telework levels still stand?)
It is impossible to make an informed decision without this information.
I’m in the same position as you. Submitted my reply to ‘resign’ yesterday.
Interesting, so you believe, with no formal paperwork or approval mechanism that they will honor the agreement and actually pay you the salary, knowing full well that Twitter employees and most everyone that ever had a contract with trump were never paid.
Perhaps this is a litmus test to see if federal employees are the best and brightest the country has to offer. (joke! I worked for ssa for five years before I bailed, i honestly cannot understand how anyone stays)
Reminds me of early Covid days. A lot of stuff going on and radio silence from management
That’s by design.
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Yes, but I just turned 62 and was planning.to retire shortly. So, nothing to lose.
The return is 2/24 which management has yet to announce
Seriously considering it. No details on what happens to your accrued leave. Will the extra months count as service credit if they pay us in Admin Leave? I do find it curious that they want a response 1 day before the final RTO rules are out.
What correspondence was sent back once you replied resign to the email? Says you will get a response within 48 hours.
Until approximately 2010 or so, SSA was a good agency to work for. Coworkers were fun, management was bearable and I enjoyed helping the public.
I think 2/24 was what they were going to announce, but they had 2nd thoughts because the new OPM guidance said they should consider existing union contracts. In SSAs case the last contract says 5 more years of telework.
Got the following response about 12 hours after I replied, ‘We received your email response. We will reply shortly.’
The individual that is leading the buyout.
The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Whitaker, resigned from his position on January 20 after repeated demands from Elon Musk that he quit, leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader during a major crisis in the wake of the D.C. plane crash.
Musk called for Whitaker’s resignation in September after the FAA chief proposed fining Musk’s company SpaceX over $600,000 in civil penalties for failing to follow license requirements during two launches in 2023. Whitaker told a congressional panel at the time that fines were “the only tool we have to get compliance on safety matters.”
The better question is if one will take the early out if the buyout money is not allocated by Congress? SSA management is still determining who is exempt from the early out.
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