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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the persistent insistence no one is taking it or should take it utterly clueless. Buy outs are common in the private sector and guess what, people take them. All the time. Turnover in any large corporation, even those with excellent reputations for being employee friendly is typically around 10% in a given year. People leave all the time. If you were already thinking about moving on and leaving your agency for something else, this is as good an opportunity as any.

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Big differences:
Buyouts are cash payments. Federal government is only authorized to give you a 25k cash payment. This isn't a buyout, it's a promise that you can work remotely until September, possibly with administrative leave, if so authorized, and with the ability to get a second job, if your agency doesn't prohibit it. That's a lot more strings than a private sector buyout.

Private sector employees are at will. They understand that if they don't take the buyout, they can just be fired during the next round of cuts, with limited or no severance. Federal workers have more job protections than private sector workers so they are giving up more when they take a buyout. While RIFs may be possible in the neat future, there is a process, and there are certain rights that come in terms of payouts and getting bumped up the list when you apply for other jobs. Schedule F is a process to be played out. It's not simple because the federal government can't just up and fire you, unless you're on probation, which is a group of people more likely to take this deal.[/quote]

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