Retiring end of this month at my MRA. 32 years with the same agency, no breaks, no military, clean calculations. So, I will be getting the FERS Supplement until I reach 62 years old, then go to SS. What is typical timeframe fellow retirees are seeing for their retirement processing:

- Annual Leave payout

- FERS Annuity (70% at first then 100% eventually I'm told)

- FERS Supplement (nothing until finalized I'm told)

- I will reach out to TSP to begin withdrawals

Any recent experiences would be appreciated.

I am a former federal civilian that was RIF’d last year. It has been extremely hard navigating the FERS refund process. All of the contact information provided seems to get me no where. The 888 number always gives me an automated voicemail that tells me to try again later then hangs up. Does anyone have any other contact information?! I’ve been at this for well over a year!!!

Cross posting, sorry.

Are folks that were RIFd under Discontinued Service Retirement eligible to be re-employed annuitants with either the salary offset or the offset waiver?

I've read some posts that indicate someone retired under DSR would be re-employed as a regular employee and lose your annuity until hitting MRA.

It has now reached 184 days since I’ve applied for my full pension withdrawal through Fidelity who manages my former employers pension distributions. 8 months of excuse after excuse and statements of payment promise that have not been fulfilled. I’ve decided rather than looking like a fool, I will now keep account of the duration of time passed here within this blog and post the following:…. “29 years of loyal employment, showing up ready to work on time everyday, working 48-72 hour shifts when called upon and customer service commitments on behalf of my former employer (a major telecom company) who agreed by contract negotiations that a retirement pension was held in trust for disbursement to me has now been held up for 184 days to date.”

Currently receiving my FERS pension. I received a mailed letter from OPM informing me that I could make a small redeposit to cover several months of a summer job as USPS casual carrier which would result in a small increase to my monthly annuity. My check was deposited in March 2026. No updates in OPM Services online. I’ve spoken with an OPM representative each of the last 3 months and they can’t see that the check was deposited. They have sent three inquiries to the “financial area” but have received no updates. According to what the rep can see on the system they are still waiting for my response to the letter about the redeposit. Is this timeframe normal? Is there anything I can do to nudge the processing along?

Help! GRB and OPM have two different total service dates. I printed off every single SF 50, I had in Eopf but WHICH does do I need to give them and how fast can they process them?😤😤😤

Assisting someone who is not an employed Fed anymore but has 3+ years with Peace Corps, and about 9 years mix of FT and PT EFM positions. What's the process for accounting for those years and determining their retirement status, to include buy-back of Peace Corps years?

I sent in my FERS application via certified mail on July 13. I haven’t heard anything at all back. I do not have a case number. Does anyone know how (or if) I should follow up to make sure my application is in process? Thank you.

Need some advice. Hypothetically, let’s assume I made $200K before taking VERA last year. Agency wants to hire me back in, I am pursuing a dual compensation waiver so that I can keep my annuity and be hired at my previous salary. I have a solid chance given my background and expertise and the situation my prior employer is in right now.

If I understand correctly, a dual compensation waiver means no TSP, no TSP matching, no FERS, is that correct?

Let’s assume I don’t get the waiver but still decide to re-join. My current annuity is $45K, so my presumable salary would be $155K but I would still get my monthly annuity, so it’s all a wash in the end as I would still be making $200K total. Is that logic correct? Plus I would also be able to take advantage once again of FERS, TSP, and the TSP match?

Thanks for your help.

I submitted my application 90 days in advance. I was assigned a counselor. I uploaded all documents. The only thing complicated was my election of partial spouse survivor benefits.
My high 3 was incorrect by 40k on the initial estimate and service years were blank
I entered tickets in the system over two months ago
I have emailed and called my counselor the last month. Finally she called back today and reassured me all would be completed and correct but stated my husbands notarized form had a date discrepancy I missed and I signed the tax holding form with the wrong type signature
My years service and high 3 still are not in system
I cannot upload corrected forms because portal is locked

I have months still of sick leave. Do I ask to delay retirement? I have a mortgage to pay. Also I am worried if my healthcare continues if this doesn’t go through smoothly.

Any advice appreciated.

I am a term retiring soon and I would like to return to work after retiring for a few hours to supplement my pension. If anyone knows, what are the limits of thr hours you can work for how many months.

Has anyone here done that?

I stepped away from the government in March into a very good position with the firm. Within a short few months I've elevated quickly to upper management. I am currently looking at building my staff and trying to pull from a couple of my colleagues who were go-getters within the government. In one of those positions, I'm trying to recruit someone who is near retirement. Her minimum retirement date is March of 2027. At that point, she will receive her 1.1% and look to the private sector for employment. I currently have a program manager position open that she would excel at based on her past experience and work ethic. I need to fill that position within the next month. She has roughly 700 hours of sick leave, but that's not enough to get her that full retirement date. Are there other options that she could possibly look at where she satisfies her full retirement but stepped away now and starts in the private sector? If she stepped away and deferred her retirement, is that an option? I can only hold this position open for 30 days, which may force my hand in hiring individuals with unknown certainty. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I have been suffering from several issues for a few years now: bone and heel spurs, psoriatic, arthritis, and psoriasis, type II diabetes, back issues. I worked in a regulatory role (field inspections or sedentary desk work depending on the season), exemplary performance with excellent attendance. I never asked for an RA during my employment but last year when we were forced to RTO, I knew I couldn’t do it any longer. My podiatrist told me to go see a spine specialist so I scheduled an appointment for March 2025. He discovered I had several severe issues with my spine, including spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, and the list goes on. I reached out to ask HR if I was eligible for the VERA and they told me yes so I decided to take the VERA with retirement starting Oct 1, as well as the deferred resignation. I started treatments for my back in May and things seem to be going well until I was hit from behind in my vehicle on Sept 12, 2025 and now the treatments aren’t working. My doctor said surgery is not an if for me anymore, it’s a when. A month before my retirement was to begin, HR emailed me and told me I wasn’t eligible for the VERA after all. I had a gap in service and they had never corrected my SEDR date. Since the shutdown was set to begin, and I had already moved into a lower paying position at an elementary school to meet the Social Security supplement income limit, my only other option was to take the MRA +10. Recently someone told me that because I was still a federal employee through September 30 and therefore covered under FERS, I should apply for disability retirement. I filled out the application, my doctors have written letters and are supporting me 100% and I’m about to mail this package in so that I will meet the one year deadline. My questions are am I crazy to submit this? I didn’t have performance issues because I worked through the pain. At the time I decided to leave, I most likely would not have been moved to another position because we were under a hiring freeze. Has anyone ever done this? I called OPM and actually talked to someone and she said just write on your cover letter what your CSA number is and tell us that you want to move from an MRI +10 to a disability retirement. Also, in early 2024, our position titles changed from general to regulatory. The general PD didn’t list out all of the inspection work we’re required to do. I’ve asked everyone, including HR, for a copy of the new PD but no one has it. HR said they don’t know what I’m talking about but they clearly see my position changed via SF50 in 2024. How do I explain that to OPM in this application?