Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 18:19     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think they are crazy because I doubt that they will actually get the full “buyout.” It will also make work awful for me - I’d guess that about half of my immediate coworkers are taking it. And we are already swamped. But I question the prevailing sentiment that “barely anyone will take this.” At least in my division, that is not true.


There is no offer. The whole thing is made up and will not and cannot happen.


Why are you so passionately against it? What proof do you have that it is a scam? I am not taking it but I don’t see the issues you seem to see.


you do you.


That’s your answer?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 18:05     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Let's say you're a 25-year-old litigation paralegal. Your skills can get you a job at basically any law firm or government agency. Of course you're going to take the deferred resignation. It's 8 months of pay for doing nothing, and at the end of it, it's doubtful that you'll have difficulty finding a new job.

I think lots of the folks on here are very senior and/or in specialized roles where it makes no sense to take the deferred resignation. But try to put yourselves in the shoes of younger people in less specialized areas.


And what would that person do for health insurance? The 25 yo paralegal in your example cannot be on his parents's health insurance past his 26th birthday. Buying insurance from the marketplace is expensive.


My neighbor’s daughter has a paralegal certificate and has been applying for jobs for months and can’t even get an interview. What makes you think private employers are hiring? My firm is pulling down the shutters and waiting to see what happens. No one is going on a hiring spree in the face of uncertainty and chaos.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 18:02     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Given what is going on at OPM, seems like people should be looking. Huge cuts are coming.


They were coming anyway. RIF me but I’m not resigning.


Hold the Line because we ARE the people.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 18:01     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:70% proposed cut real?


With what authority?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 18:00     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
70% proposed cut real?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:58     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nice try, Elon.


Check the news from today.

About another illegal attempt to fire people?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:50     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Nice try, Elon.


Check the news from today.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:48     Subject: Re:A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:


Exactly. Fork those that are trying to mislead.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:46     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Nice try, Elon.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:43     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Given what is going on at OPM, seems like people should be looking. Huge cuts are coming.


We know that Elon, we already read all your threatening emails. Unless you have any new scoops, go relax on your new sofa bed.


Check the news
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:09     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Now we may find one thing that I agree with Elon on. If you are dumb enough to take an ambiguous offer with no fixed terms and conditions that people have repeatedly told you is not legal, then maybe we should shed those people from the government because they are not the best and brightest and have really poor judgment.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:02     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Given what is going on at OPM, seems like people should be looking. Huge cuts are coming.

They can’t make huge cuts by executive fiat.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 17:00     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Given what is going on at OPM, seems like people should be looking. Huge cuts are coming.


We know that Elon, we already read all your threatening emails. Unless you have any new scoops, go relax on your new sofa bed.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 16:58     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Given what is going on at OPM, seems like people should be looking. Huge cuts are coming.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 16:54     Subject: A lot of my coworkers are taking the fork offer
Anonymous wrote:Let's say you're a 25-year-old litigation paralegal. Your skills can get you a job at basically any law firm or government agency. Of course you're going to take the deferred resignation. It's 8 months of pay for doing nothing, and at the end of it, it's doubtful that you'll have difficulty finding a new job.

I think lots of the folks on here are very senior and/or in specialized roles where it makes no sense to take the deferred resignation. But try to put yourselves in the shoes of younger people in less specialized areas.


And what would that person do for health insurance? The 25 yo paralegal in your example cannot be on his parents's health insurance past his 26th birthday. Buying insurance from the marketplace is expensive.