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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your agency have fully remote positions?  Mine has a handful but each Office/Division has a specific allotment.  One has to be available - they have been very clear that cannot just transition someone who is in office to remote.  But when a remote spot is available you can apply to transfer to one of the remote positions.  [/quote]
Thanks, this is actually helpful. I need to ask those remote employees. My section has 3-4 remote people, out of 50.[b] I presume they all reached FI status and had a credible threat. [/b]I will need to inquire about these allotments -without asking my manager.

And yes I’m in the federal government [/quote]

That's not how it works in the feds at all. Federal agencies don't have the flexibility to offer incentives like more money and remote to workers who threaten to quit. And I imagine most federal employees thinking about retirement intend to retire with their benefits, at MRA.

Most common reasons for remote feds would be:
The agency has a liberal policy on remote employees.
The person onboarded remotely during the pandemic and was allowed to convert their position to remain that way.
Reasonable accommodation for a disability.
Hardhship transfer, converted to remote because they had to move with spouse or to be near ailing parents, etc.

Your best bet is probably to tell the agency you need to move for X reasons and are interested in staying on remote, or you won't be able to stay. I think they would be super unimpressed with "I hit my number so I'm just going to walk if if I can't be remote."[/quote]
To push back on the last bit (them being unimpressed), we are quite short staffed and we only hire during the academic job season (Jan-Mar). Losing one of the 50 would be quite tough for staffing matters, and to avoid losing me they’d simply have to reclassify me as remote. Not sure why that would be a hard decision for the agency/section[/quote]

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