re: BRPD has a great retirement benefit.

Except that when person who has elected to take DROP comes back to work they block someone else from working in the system. I am not a fan of DROP for that reason. Sure, it is only for up to five years, but that is five years where investment in the employee does not happen. The people taking DROP are lame ducks in the government workforce.

I only envision the extremes where either too many people will take DROP over an extended period of time and not save the money it is intended to save, or too many people will take it too early in their careers and be screwed 30 years down the road due to piss poor money management. Too many people in the second scenario will lead to a change in how the program operates and screw over the future generations.

Plus, in many cases earned but unused sick time can be used in the calculations towards DROP.

Disclosure- I am young and am not counting on Social Security to exist when I reach retirement age. Yes, I realize that SS and government pensions are not the same but I believe that the younger generations will get screwed over one way or another.