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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm at USDA, too. Rollins said in an interview that folks should expect to start work in their new location before the new year. So, I'd imagine this will all be happening in the next three months. Possible timeline: letting us know in September after the "comment" period closes, give a few weeks to decide (if we're lucky), then two months to relocate.

Friends who are looking for work right now have shared how terrible it is (and these are talented people), so that's not giving me hope. That said, since any of the five possible locations are outside of my commuting area, OP guidelines dictate I'd get severance, which should hold me over for about a year. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I feel like I can find something in a year, even if I don't love the new job. The issue is, for those of us mid-career, we're giving up half the value of our pension by leaving government work (if you were planning to stay until retirement). And we're giving up our lifetime health insurance, which is like gold down the road. If I left, I'd be trying to return in the near future...if sanity returns.

DH's job is flexible, so the biggest issue for me is I have young kids. Pulling them out of school mid-year isn't an option for me. And I can't imagine living somewhere without them during the week for half a year until the school year ends. Plus, we'd be uprooting from our home and community into a complete unknown. AND there are absolutely no guarantees we won't be RIFd later.

For all that are asking, we haven't been given an option on locations. When they're ready, they'll give us the location and it will be a take it or leave it situation. [/quote]

That(before the new year) would be too bad, I still hope to drag out for one year or so.[/quote]

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