Fed Hiring Freeze

[Anonymous]

Time to retool, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember, this is not a politician, these are business men running the government. Things will be different, it may take a little time, but this is what they do.

Whenever business gets in involved with government my social security number ends up with a group of Chinese hackers, and our internal memorandums get mailed to Wikileaks. Top notch stuff from Booz, PAE, CACI. They're all bottom feeders.

[Anonymous]

"Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan."

So it's a 3 month hiring freeze?

Combine that with the fact that an old WaPo article said that 1/3 of Feds are eligible to retire with benefits this year and I guess that's our attrition. Can't wait for Dump to claim credit for basic aging!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

None. The military industrial (consulting) complex roars on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan."

So it's a 3 month hiring freeze?

Combine that with the fact that an old WaPo article said that 1/3 of Feds are eligible to retire with benefits this year and I guess that's our attrition. Can't wait for Dump to claim credit for basic aging!

Yep, and there is a rumor that they will be offering a $40,000 package as an incentive for early retirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan."

So it's a 3 month hiring freeze?

Combine that with the fact that an old WaPo article said that 1/3 of Feds are eligible to retire with benefits this year and I guess that's our attrition. Can't wait for Dump to claim credit for basic aging!

Also many civil servants retire and come back to their agencies to higher salaries as personal services contractor doing a similar job to the one they just had...or work for the Big Beltway bandits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan."

So it's a 3 month hiring freeze?

Combine that with the fact that an old WaPo article said that 1/3 of Feds are eligible to retire with benefits this year and I guess that's our attrition. Can't wait for Dump to claim credit for basic aging!

Yep, and there is a rumor that they will be offering a $40,000 package as an incentive for early retirement.

Can they get forced out if they are retirable age but may want to work, or would they get a package as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan."

So it's a 3 month hiring freeze?

Combine that with the fact that an old WaPo article said that 1/3 of Feds are eligible to retire with benefits this year and I guess that's our attrition. Can't wait for Dump to claim credit for basic aging!

It's not clear what "implementation" of the OMB plan means exactly for determining when the freeze will be lifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I am interning at NSA; will I be able to lateral into a full time position after grad school? National security and all.

Doubt it.

I disagree. Depending on how your internship is set up, you may be able to be converted to permanent without posting a job. As people retire, the headcount is available for interns to be converted to permanent (at least that is my understanding) without increasing hiring so it doesn't leave an agency with critical gaps. It depends on the type of intern program you came in on. If it isn't a position that can be converted and you have to apply, then likely they would have to wait until the freeze has been lifted, or request an exception from OPM.

[Anonymous]

An interesting thing to note is that the way this EO is written, any positions that become vacant after January 22 could be filled. I'm sure in practice that won't happen, but that's how I read it.

[Anonymous]

DHS employee here, just got guidance that the freeze only applies to positions that opened on 1/22 or later, so good news for all you guys with pending offers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An interesting thing to note is that the way this EO is written, any positions that become vacant after January 22 could be filled. I'm sure in practice that won't happen, but that's how I read it.

Hmm that is an interesting take. I see what you mean.

[Anonymous]

This is optics and means nothing, as with every hiring freeze in the past. Anyone who is more than clerical will be declared an "essential employee."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is optics and means nothing, as with every hiring freeze in the past. Anyone who is more than clerical will be declared an "essential employee."

maybe so - I'm more concerned about the plan they are going to come up with in 90 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is optics and means nothing, as with every hiring freeze in the past. Anyone who is more than clerical will be declared an "essential employee."

I disagree. I think the goal is major shrinkage.