They have sent so many emails trying to convince people to take the fork that I don’t think they have been successful at all.

Anonymous wrote:won't taking VERA mean taking a SIGNIFICANT decrease in your pension payments? I'm not a Fed. That's what a friend Fed told me. Why would people do that, especially if you're anywhere close to retirement?

In my case, Vera pension would be 2k per month. If I wait until I am 62, full pension is about 3k (based on today’s salary). Sure you miss out on some money, but what is ten years worth to you? I like my job, like the people I work with, but the commute, bureaucracy and now being the whipping boy for some elected and not elected leaders, VERA sounds pretty good.

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Anonymous wrote:seems like a lot astroturfing on this thread.

Shouldn’t the election have taught you that dismissing people who you think are stupid/making bad choices as trolls can be seriously misguided?

The current situation confirms that they made a bad choice

Anonymous wrote:seems like a lot astroturfing on this thread.

Shouldn’t the election have taught you that dismissing people who you think are stupid/making bad choices as trolls can be seriously misguided?

won't taking VERA mean taking a SIGNIFICANT decrease in your pension payments? I'm not a Fed. That's what a friend Fed told me. Why would people do that, especially if you're anywhere close to retirement?

Anonymous wrote:seems like a lot astroturfing on this thread.

All over all of the Musk related threads. I guess he's got the money for it, but it sure is annoying.

Anonymous wrote:I haven't heard a single person taking the fork. No one was even remotely interested.

I know of two people but they were both about to be imminently terminated for different reasons.

seems like a lot astroturfing on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:No one I know at work is even considering it.

Everyone is considering. They are not saying it out loud.

Yeah, this thread reminds me of the pre-election threads saying “I don’t know anyone who is going to vote for Trump….” Yes you do, they just aren’t sharing with you because they know how you feel about them.

While the likely-more-educated DC based federal employees are not taking it, my friend works at a VA hospital in a red state and knows of a number of people who are - all of them in lower-educated type jobs. Is that what you wanted, Elon?

No one is taking the offer but GSA is still giving up all it's leases.

can we stop calling it the fork offer? we all know sweaty 2/3 face/body elon musk was chortling to himself in a gaming chair when he proposed the subject like to his text group of idk six ass-kissing virgins.

these guys think it is just soooooo funny to destroy the united states for the lulz. don’t give it to them

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t know anyone taking it before yesterday, but my agency offered VERA contingent on fork and now I know of a handful who are seriously considering it.

What does that even mean? they think they get VERA on top of 8 months of garden leave?

So you could do both? I am waiting for VERA. I have one friend taking a fork; DoD that can retire anyways.

I haven't heard a single person taking the fork. No one was even remotely interested.

They will have to fire me.

No one is actually taking fork, OP.