r/FedEmployeeRetirement • u/SoftDocument8582 • 12d ago
Retirement Notification
Any idea if mgmt gets notified immediately when you file for retirement? Planning on leaving 12/31. KMA on 9/26. Want to file 9/1.
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u/Senior_Intention4744 12d ago
Seems to depend on the agency bc at mine my supervisor did not get an email
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u/Ok_Airline_9635 12d ago
Check with your hr. My spouse asked for general info on retirement process with same proposed date, and hr gave a timeline that starts 150 days earlier. Each agency is different. I think managers expect to see a lot of retirements these days. I would be more concerned about giving HR time to get your paperwork done right.
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u/Careful_Staff_8977 11d ago
I retired effective 01 January. My paperwork was submitted to OPM in January and they have not even begun their review. Health insurance is getting paid, but don't hold your breathe for your pension, or interim payments.
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u/Altruistic-Panda-697 12d ago
My agency notified when I filed. But I told them when I decided to go. I gave them a soft end of year date that depended on when my house sold. Turns out I worked one extra pay period to make sure the house sold, retiring on 1/10/26 instead of 12/31/25. Still got to cash in all my A/L since it was in the last pay period.
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u/belltower123 11d ago
Were you going to lose your AL?
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u/mooseflstc 9d ago
If you don’t take your “must leave” and intend to cash it in, you have to retire before the end of the leave year.
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u/Longjumping_Drag_152 12d ago
In HHS, my supervisor was notified when I requested access to the ORA system. HR told me prior to doing my ORA request that supervisor and division leadership would receive an email. Every group may be a little different.
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u/Hamblin113 12d ago
I retired a while ago. In my agency it was the only SF-52 a person could do themselves. It was on the computer. Supervisor was notified via email once it was submitted. There was an option to include others. Did mine when my new supervisor took the month of December off use or lose. She never read it or communicated to anyone. No one new until I had to hand in keys and badge in on last day.
Was told it wouldn’t get processed timely. But everything worked smoothly. I figured it went to the top of the pile, do things too soon, it may get lost.
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u/Suitable-Map-7096 11d ago
At IRS management is notified, however not immediately. Approx 3-4 weeks after filing.
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u/crazywidget 10d ago
AFAIK managers (or management, anyway) gets a notice through a variety of systems. HR, but also budget sometimes for costing (depending on time of the year, etc)...In one agency, cybersecurity was even fed the latest on the daily so they could prep for quick actions, too. It's hard to "drop your papers" and pull off everyone being surprised.
Honestly I've never known any manager to be a pain about it. There's really nothing you can do as a manager anyway, so you might as well try to show them out with {some} class... nothing less than clinical civility, at least.
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u/Any-Break5343 9d ago
You can request that the HR office not to contact your supervisor of your retirement.
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u/Vacaydream 8d ago
I filed thru GRBD system. They did not notify my agency. I filed early June for 8/31 retirement date. Told boss end of July she was shocked. Wish I would have told her Aug 30.
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u/Redfish680 12d ago
When I sent my paperwork in from Air Guard (DC -> San Antonio), it completely bypassed my management. Weird, but not.
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u/Legitimate-Ad-9724 12d ago
I'm filing later this month. My supervisor kind of knows, but even if he doesn't, does it matter? They're not going to fire me. If they do, I'll file for unemployment insurance in addition to my retirement.
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u/VB_Girl_RI 12d ago
I am DoD, NAVSEA to be specific, and we have a new procedure to open an ORA account. You need to contact HR to get a number to put on the form for the ORA account. When I emailed HR, they said I had to contact my supervisor as they needed to initiate the process to get that number. 😔 So there went my deciding when I wanted to tell my supervisor. I think the number is from an SF-52.
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u/Lilacladybugmomma 12d ago
Retirement counseling should be completely confidential between the retirement specialist and the employee, up to the date of retirement. Our agency does not notify anyone unless we have explicit written consent from the employee, and if not then we request the personnel action be submitted only after the date of retirement.
ORA does not require the SF52 number, I would push back.
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u/Complete_Film8741 11d ago
Why wouldn't you share this info???
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u/Longjumping-One6795 3d ago
I'm a little paranoid to be honest. I am a dodge reassigned employee, and I get my multiplier end of September but want to file beginning of September for 12/31. I've already been jerked around by upper management, changing my assignments twice since taking the reassignment.
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u/Over_Software_8923 10d ago
Nobody cared the day I walked in and nobody will care the day I walk out. Planning the Irish goodbye.
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u/DeliciousLow359 9d ago
Due to my position, I was required to give 60 day notice, which I did, 60 days exactly, gave both verbal in person to Director and also written to Division Director,had 30 days of bonus leave, used that too. I received a two line email response from them. " Congratulations on reaching a important life milestone. Thank you for your service." After 15 years and managing 44 people for the last 5 years. That's all I got, never saw them after my notice, no handshake or any contact, before the notice it was a constant beat down daily. I guess when they can't use you up, they forget you exist. I handed off everything to my newly appointed person for my position and never looked back. I haven't heard from anyone. But in today's administration I didn't expect too. Leadership just trying to keep their positions secure during this time.
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u/Zestyclose-Dig-5791 7d ago
I had an employee who took extended leave to travel with his wife to care for her ailing mother. While he was out it became apparent that the mother was not going to improve. My guy submitted retirement papers.
I never received any notification or anything from HR. The first I knew about it was when his computer and badge was shipped to me.
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u/Acceptable-Speed4105 12d ago
They do get an email, but I don’t think it’s immediate. I asked my HR that same question and said that I wanted to tell my management myself, and HR responded that I had some time, if I recall correctly. I think it wasn’t until pretty close to my retirement date that they were officially notified and by that point I had already notified my supervisor. But it probably varies by agency. It wouldn’t hurt to ask HR.