re: Fed Employees being paid for not working

Cost of doing business to make America great again.

They can't do any damage sitting on their couch.

Yes, there are laws & regs. He can't just fire them.

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What is the rationale behind the Trump Administration's decision to pay federal employees 8 to 9 months of salary while they are not working—especially those who already had planned to retire or resign—and why is this benefit being offered before mandating a return to the office and laying off employees during their probationary period?

Is it because there is some sort of Law on the books protecting them?

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It's simple. The President doesn't have as much power as you folks have been led to believe.

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And not sitting the areas I listed

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English, do you speak it?

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you stupid twat

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1 finger pointed at me, and 3 back at yourself, very appropriate in this case



so, what I have gathered from all that is out there is that not all areas are affected or even eligible

from Google AI:

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The FAQ clarified that deferred resignation is open to all full-time federal employees, with exceptions for military, U.S. Postal Service, immigration enforcement and national security, and positions that are specifically excluded by agencies.

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I do not for one minute buy into your assertion that qualified people (within government or the ranks of qualified contractors) will be forced out that require replacements that are difficult to find

in fact; it looks like many (if not most) of the private contracts are riddled with excessive and unnecessary bloat

the gravy train is being derailed — sorry (not sorry) you aren’t happy about it

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quote:it will save tremendous $$ in the long term





The frick it will.

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really?

let’s play a fun game that, just for fun, I will call “simple math”

Let’s say that a Lazy Fed Employee (LFE) makes $120,000 a year

Let’s assume that LFE accepts Trump’s generous offer and gets paid $80,000 to quit and not work

That just cost us $80,000


Let’s take just a 2 year time frame after that ;which is unfair, as most LFE’s will likely stay much longer than that)

That would equal $240,000 in LFE salary funded by the taxpayers (people like me)

The taxpayer saves $160,000 in salary! $240,000 - ($120,000*2/3 = $160,000)

The numbers will actually be far higher than that, since most will work far longer than 2 years

Sure, the saving will be skewed by many LFE’s that were going to retire soon anyway; but that number is unquantifiable; and will be overshadowed by those LFE’s that quit in frustration with the new administration

You can talk about retirement benefits and/or pensions; but those were obligations already on the books and it is not really al that much

according to Google AI:

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Federal employees who retire under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) typically receive 1% of their average salary for each year of service. If they retire at age 62 or older with at least 20 years of service, they receive 1.1% of their average salary for each year of service

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so, yes, it will save tremendous $$

thanks for playing

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really?

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Yes.

Unfortunately for you, you're talking out of your arse. The math actually is fairly simple, but not in the way you think.

Your problem is that you think work won't still need to get done. It will, except now, it'll be done by a contractor who fills an FTE position at $120K but bills the government closer to $500K. People like me love this, because I make a frick ton of money from it. People like you love this because those who benefit from it sold you on the idea that we're "totally shrinking FedGov."

Win, win all around.

But he said they'll be prosecuted if at the same time they're working privately somewhere else.
Everyone who's been working from home will be charged if it is found out that they were working a second job, while collecting from the government job. Big no ni. Considered theft

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I very much doubt he does this because the media would bring up his own past and current drug use.

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Congress hass already appropriated the funds.

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No they haven't. The government is only funded until March.

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Let’s assume that LFE accepts Trump’s generous offer and gets paid $80,000 to quit and not work

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From what I read, current regulations cap it at $20,000. This is one of the reasons why federal employees are very leery of taking it because there is no precedent. From the screenshots posted on Reddit, the offer to employees isn't even signed by anyone. We all know it is Elon who sent it and people know he stiffed his Twitter employees. Elon's "trust me, bro" guarantee isn't going to be enough to convince many people to take it.

This is all being done super sloppy. The Trump administration should have gone to Congress, got the funds appropriated, and then made an offer that was *signed* by someone in Trump's administration. Do it the right way and people will line up to take it.

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This is all being done super sloppy. The Trump administration should have gone to Congress, got the funds appropriated, and then made an offer that was *signed* by someone in Trump's administration. Do it the right way and people will line up to take it.

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This is true except that many won't take it nearly as many as people here think they will.

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How many fedgov employees do you think are paid on a timecard basis?

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Actually a lot are.