Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

I am not a troll. I AM a government employee.

I just feel as if everyone else is getting tipped, why shouldn’t I also get tips?

TIPS is an acronym for To Insure Proper Service. No sure why it is an “I” and an “E” but there is no proper service in 90% of non military government jobs.

Respectfully decline the position.

Are you talking about mail carriers? It is the only government employee that could warrant a “tip”, if at all.

For them, $20 GC should suffice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would be a fair tip for a government employee?

Put 5% into your TSP to get the full match.
Save your sick days; they count towards your retirement.
Use the remote filter on USAJobs.

New Fed. What does this mean?

It counts as your service time only pension calculation purpose. It does not count for your retirement eligibility purpose.

If your MRA is 57 and you are 56 years old and 1 year worth of SL, you still don't meet the MRA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

+1 but we can accept tasty treats that are less than $25!

Anytime someone says "$25," an ethics official's head explodes.

It's $20 or less.

$25. $25. $25. $25.

🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

+1 but we can accept tasty treats that are less than $25!

Anytime someone says "$25," an ethics official's head explodes.

It's $20 or less.

$25. $25. $25. $25.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

+1 but we can accept tasty treats that are less than $25!

Anytime someone says "$25," an ethics official's head explodes.

It's $20 or less.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

I am not a troll. I AM a government employee.

I just feel as if everyone else is getting tipped, why shouldn’t I also get tips?

Because a tip to the government is called a bribe and it's illegal.

If you were to actually get a tip (which I can't imagine happening, are you a tour guide?) you turn it in to your ethics office.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would be a fair tip for a government employee?

Put 5% into your TSP to get the full match.
Save your sick days; they count towards your retirement.
Use the remote filter on USAJobs.

I would up the tsp contribution from 5% to the maximum amount allowable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

I am not a troll. I AM a government employee.

I just feel as if everyone else is getting tipped, why shouldn’t I also get tips?

Oh please. I’m a fed. You’re trolling us. No fed wants a tip. Companies are so worried about being seen as bribing us that I can’t even get a free coffee at meetings. The company I work the most with passes around a jar so that all the feds can put money in for their lunches.

ProTip: don’t get into large amounts of debt, don’t post anything on social media that could associate you as anti government keep your politics to yourself, pay your taxes and familiarize yourself with policies from second jobs to doing work within your job description.

Add the line THATS ABOVE MY PAYGRADE as a soft way to say “go f7ck yourself”.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

I am not a troll. I AM a government employee.

I just feel as if everyone else is getting tipped, why shouldn’t I also get tips?

Anonymous wrote:Assuming this isn't a troll, please do not tip a government employee. If they accept, they can be disciplined, fired, or go to jail depending on the tip. It just makes it awkward for them to figure out what to do and how to return anything given.

I am not a troll. I AM a government employee.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would be a fair tip for a government employee?

Put 5% into your TSP to get the full match.
Save your sick days; they count towards your retirement.
Use the remote filter on USAJobs.

New Fed. What does this mean?

Your unused sick days count towards your time in service. For example if you have six months worth of six days and 15 years of service, you can be credited with 15.5 years of service. You can't use the sick days to actually make your retirement eligible age/years of service, but once qualified to retired, they can be credited.