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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a process for laying off feds whose skills aren't needed. It has been used many times as the government has evolved. It is not being followed right now.

There are good reasons to believe OPM cannot actually deliver on the 8 months of admin leave. We'll see.

But most importantly, these are not obsolete functions. These are very needed, congressionally directed functions and people are sad and scared about what it means for our country if they are removed. The fact something has no equivalent in the private sector does not make it useless. The government does almost exclusively things the private sector can't or won't, and it does them according to a bunch of rules that guarantee fairness and accountability that the private sector doesn't have to, because we're dealing with tax dollars and prosecution and diplomacy and other things that don't exist in private sector. You are basically asking why doctors don't cross train as software engineers. [/quote]

The process should be the "blue screen of death" You get a 15 minute catch up zoom your boss, up pops someone from HR instead, the meeting lasts a few minutes tops and your work laptop access is cut off and screen goes blank. Or in person the "perp walk" Boss says hey want to catch up at end of day, you walk in guard is there and walks you out.

My friend in early 2009 got invited towards end of day to a breakfast meeting in cafeteria with that was labeled a townhall update meeting at 830 am. She walks in and they laid off 5 percent of company, they handed her a severance package, a tissue box if needed, told her she can have a few moments to use bathroom to freshen up, then she is welcome to grab a cup of college and a breakfast muffin on way out the door. She got to work at 825 am and out the door by 830am. She was told don't open severance package as she can read when home and contact info in there and anything on her desk that is personal will be Fed Ex back. And that was a kind gentile approach.

The process is basically get it over and make it quick in private sector. My CEO back in 2009 we fired 10 percent of company one day. He just had extra armed security on hand and we walked them out the door. He then had a townhall meeting at 1 pm same day and announced no more layoffs. So we were only scared 2-3 hours. Which was nice.           [/quote]

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