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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I am thinking/worrying like you.  As it stands now, VERA and DSR (discontinued service retirement - what happens if you get riffed) are the same.  (You keep FEHB; no reduction to pension even if not 62; keep social security supplement for gap years between MRA and age 62). The extra worry I had was what happens once they schedule F everyone.  If they fire you when you are schedule F (since you are at will so can be any reason other than illegal reason like age/race etc) - do schedule F folks still get DSR?  As far as I can tell the answer is nobody knows - those regs haven’t been written yet.  Probably current employees get geandfathered in??? But not cause they want to be nice, they just figure they would lose any related lawsuit down the road ….[/quote]

That’s the problem, they aren’t playing by usual rules so it’s all up in the air. Typically, if eligible for a Vera you’d get a DSR if riffed which would be the same. But, I just took the Vera at my agency and HR couldn’t give a clear answer as to whether DSR would be automatic in the event of a rif. This has been discussed a lot on Reddit and I haven’t seen a clear answer - probably because the RIFs are just happening - as to whether they are providing DSRs.

I don’t know what you do of course but I wouldn’t be so quick to assume you are totally unemployable. With your annuity even a reduced salary job could bring you to or close to your current salary. [/quote]

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