Other feds just very depressed?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think Youngkin at al want RIFs, NOVA has gotten significantly redder in the past 4 years and is potentially a swing state in the future. Laying off all these people, many who are ex military will make it go way blue.

I’m not convinced most feds will leave the area, at least not enough to turn nova red. The only think a RIF in NOVA will do is piss the people who live here off.

I was saying many feds who live in nova voted red--look at Burke, springfield, if the feds leave NOVA it will become more blue not less.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think Youngkin at al want RIFs, NOVA has gotten significantly redder in the past 4 years and is potentially a swing state in the future. Laying off all these people, many who are ex military will make it go way blue.

I’m not convinced most feds will leave the area, at least not enough to turn nova red. The only think a RIF in NOVA will do is piss the people who live here off.

I was saying many feds who live in nova voted red--look at Burke, springfield, if the feds leave NOVA it will become more blue not less.

Nova has not become more red. It was not as blue as it was for Biden, but it was at the same level it was for Clinton.

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15% of the federal workforce is 60+...won't all those folks just take some kind of buyout/retire?

That seems like a fairly low-pain kind of RIF that is still fairly meaningful.

Another 13.7% is between 55-60.

[Anonymous]

I feel bad for all the FEDS that are rendered helpless with no marketable skills due to unneeded government jobs. The real world expects results and they aren’t mentally prepared for being a taxpayer instead of a tax taker.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all the FEDS that are rendered helpless with no marketable skills due to unneeded government jobs. The real world expects results and they aren’t mentally prepared for being a taxpayer instead of a tax taker.

I feel bad that you are so uniformed.

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Is this really true? Maybe there is an employment shift coming and jobs are becoming obsolete. Maybe a basic income will be the only solution. So many people cannot get or keep jobs.

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[Anonymous]

Why would a fed support Trump? I say we sift them out and fire them because that’s what they voted for. It’s a good way to remove the dead weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this really true? Maybe there is an employment shift coming and jobs are becoming obsolete. Maybe a basic income will be the only solution. So many people cannot get or keep jobs.

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I feel bad for all the FEDS that are rendered helpless with no marketable skills due to unneeded government jobs. The real world expects results and they aren’t mentally prepared for being a taxpayer instead of a tax taker

I have been wondering this about the future of our workforce, overall, not just government workers. Tech seems like it’s on the path of Bursting in the next couple of decades due to AI and I don’t know what’s next for America other than just doing services for each other.

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Anonymous wrote:15% of the federal workforce is 60+...won't all those folks just take some kind of buyout/retire?

That seems like a fairly low-pain kind of RIF that is still fairly meaningful.

Another 13.7% is between 55-60.

No, because most of us are feds because we were laid off at age 50+ during the great recession and don't even have 20 years in yet. We can't afford to retire.

Most people, under FERs and TSP, can't afford to retire until 70, unlike the old federal retirement plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all the FEDS that are rendered helpless with no marketable skills due to unneeded government jobs. The real world expects results and they aren’t mentally prepared for being a taxpayer instead of a tax taker.

I don’t get the logic. Most if not all are college educated and there seems to always be a place for people that understand how the government works.

Again, 1/3 of all Feds work for the VA or administer Veteran benefits (most not in DC area). For some reason, I don’t think that’s the picture of a Fed somebody has in their head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:15% of the federal workforce is 60+...won't all those folks just take some kind of buyout/retire?

That seems like a fairly low-pain kind of RIF that is still fairly meaningful.

Another 13.7% is between 55-60.

No, because most of us are feds because we were laid off at age 50+ during the great recession and don't even have 20 years in yet. We can't afford to retire.

Most people, under FERs and TSP, can't afford to retire until 70, unlike the old federal retirement plan.

I am not a Fed. Is 20 years the magic number?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15% of the federal workforce is 60+...won't all those folks just take some kind of buyout/retire?

That seems like a fairly low-pain kind of RIF that is still fairly meaningful.

Another 13.7% is between 55-60.

No, because most of us are feds because we were laid off at age 50+ during the great recession and don't even have 20 years in yet. We can't afford to retire.

Most people, under FERs and TSP, can't afford to retire until 70, unlike the old federal retirement plan.

I am not a Fed. Is 20 years the magic number?

There is a system based on year of birth. I was born in 79 and must serve minimum of 35 years to retire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15% of the federal workforce is 60+...won't all those folks just take some kind of buyout/retire?

That seems like a fairly low-pain kind of RIF that is still fairly meaningful.

Another 13.7% is between 55-60.

No, because most of us are feds because we were laid off at age 50+ during the great recession and don't even have 20 years in yet. We can't afford to retire.

Most people, under FERs and TSP, can't afford to retire until 70, unlike the old federal retirement plan.

I am not a Fed. Is 20 years the magic number?

There is a system based on year of birth. I was born in 79 and must serve minimum of 35 years to retire.

Also born in 79, and I've never heard of this 35 years. Isn't MRA like age 57 or something, and max valuation for retirement annuity at 30 years?

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We retired from federal Svc at age 50 after 20 years of service w a full pension. I can’t imagine what is going to be left of social security and all federal benefits once Trump gets done. I would imagine a 40 or 50 year old will have to work into their 70’s. This will affect the entire workforce, not just Feds. It’s sad for everyone in the work force.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all the FEDS that are rendered helpless with no marketable skills due to unneeded government jobs. The real world expects results and they aren’t mentally prepared for being a taxpayer instead of a tax taker.

you do understand that Feds pay taxes...right?