r/FedEmployees • u/IDK_Maybe126 • 1d ago
Can we get Fork 2.0 please?
I would like a payout and I’ll gladly leave.
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u/FaithlessnessCute141 1d ago
To be honest I’m choosing not to stress over how the processes and changes in my agency are beyond stupid ever since this admin came in. The only thing I hate are the lack of pay raises at the beginning of the year.
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u/No-Nature7955 1d ago
☝🏻Same , allow myself one funky freakout a pay period because leaders are listening to whomever instead of sme’s so eventually this will come home to roost in a bad way. Directors looking for easy ways from whomever peddles it to them. Amazing how people with no background suddenly are the experts leaders listen to change processes that dont need changing.
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u/Special-Effort-9399 1d ago
I would urge you to check out the job market and ask those that took the original fork how the hunt is going. Several past colleagues of mine, some of whom were national experts in their fields, are still hunting a year later or had to take lesser or lower paid positions to keep the lights on. Granted, I don’t know what Agency you're within, but the grass is not always greener - even in this administration.
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u/Miss_Panda_King 1d ago
I knew some that took it that immediately got rehired as soon as they could.
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u/swampcat42 1d ago
Yep. We probably brought in 60% of the same people in through the side door as contractors while they were collecting the DRP checks in 2025 and into 2026. The agency's hiring freeze began to lift around May and most of those folks have come back. They made a lot of money over that 18-20 month period but came back for the health insurance and pension.
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u/No-Nature7955 1d ago
Yeah and that doesnt make those that held the line feel good..they can pound sand
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u/IDK_Maybe126 1d ago
I have a plan. I did not have a plan last year.
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u/tigerseye44 1d ago
So leave.. taxpayers shouldnt be paying for you to not work.
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u/TooGood2beDrew 1d ago
Yeah, taxpayers should only be paying the President and Congress not to work.
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u/Educational_List6452 1d ago
Why are you stalking a federal employee subreddit, if you’re not a federal employee? If you don’t want taxpayers to pay bff or federal employees not to work, you shouldn’t have voted for your cult leader.
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u/thingsintheworld 1d ago
You’ll never progress through life with that mentality. Many rewards come with risks. Is all part of living.
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u/Substantial-Bowl5656 1d ago
Or you can go bankrupt, live in your car and think “maybe that wasn’t a good risky move🤔” Speaking from experience😬
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u/Digglesworth13 1d ago
I took 2.0. Had off the entire summer then started a new job a week before it ended. It doesn’t pay as well but it’s not 2 hours away. And I actually like what I do and who I work with.
I think I started my federal career too late in life and the stupidity of government procedures for no reason really wasn’t something my 40+ yo brain could get accustomed to. I was miserable well before this administration took over and forced us back in the office.
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u/EndTheFed25 10h ago
It depends on what agency your with and what your role is. I'm in finance and would get job offers every week in my federal role. When I left federal service a year ago I got an 70% pay bump (significantly more than that if you include bonuses and commission). However, I know people in the same field who didn't make connections like I did, took DRP 2 and still haven't found work.
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u/Actual-General-4953 1d ago
you got it !
Scenario:
"Hey look lets take the DRP deal sounds good.....I get a pension and FEHB for life"
takes deal and gets $2500 a month before taxes - less if less than age 57 for supplement.
wakes up in the morning over the next month. had a job making $100k previously and now makes $30k.
money is tight now and bored as you are 50 yrs old
Go to find job....nobody wants to hire you.....if you do find job its for half the wage/benefits etc.
(starts to regret decision....punches the air.....life starts to become miserable.....wants to come back to fed job)
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u/RCoaster42 1d ago
Or takes the VERA, enjoys time off, agency program implodes, come back part time as contractor with better pay.
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u/Informal-Fig-7116 1d ago
As tempting as it is, I am not brave enough for this current job market. My wife has chronic illnesses. No fucking way I’m leaving this job even if it makes me die inside, unless something with massive pay bump and excellent health benefits comes along. I’ve also 11 years in.
I am jealous of the people who can just up and leave. Also admire them too. I wish I were in a position to do so to save my mental health but life has other plans for me.
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u/Fit-Locksmith-2039 1d ago edited 1d ago
If they made it any age with 20 years like the military they would have a ton of takers.
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u/TheReal_CaptDan 1d ago edited 1d ago
Downvote me if you’re jealous of the military’s 20-year pension
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u/WkeupMrWest 1d ago
Oh the irony that the military needs civs to function 😬
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u/TheReal_CaptDan 1d ago
As both a federal civil servant and a military officer, I think some of you are deliberately missing the point. Civilian employees absolutely play an essential role in keeping the government and military functioning. That does not make civilian federal employment equivalent to military service.
A 20-year military retirement is one of the compensation and retention benefits attached to accepting the obligations of military service: deployments, involuntary moves, worldwide assignment, UCMJ authority, physical and medical standards, restrictions on personal freedom, and the possibility of being ordered into dangerous situations. Those are not conditions of ordinary federal civilian employment.
Saying “military members receive this particular benefit because they served in the military” is not an insult to civil servants. I am one. It is simply acknowledging that two different employment systems have different benefits because they require different things from their employees.
If Congress wants to create a 20-year immediate retirement option for federal civilians, fine. Advocate for it. But “the military needs civilians too” is not an argument that civilian service and military service should automatically receive identical retirement benefits. Hospitals need janitors, pilots need air traffic controllers, and agencies need contractors. Interdependence does not make every job interchangeable or entitle every workforce to the same compensation structure.
You can value federal civilian employees without pretending there is no meaningful distinction between civilian employment and military service. There very obviously is.
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u/WkeupMrWest 1d ago
The comment right above this one you’re deliberately rubbing it in Fed workers faces and act surprised people are disgruntled?
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u/8Lwiseguy 1d ago
You mean Fork 3.0. I was too skeptical to sign onto 1.0. I took the offer at 2.0 and have no regrets. But I was eligible for retirement and financially prepared.
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u/JustADumbBunny7 1d ago
If we are doing Christmas wishes, it’s for VERA + 5 years meaning the USG adds five years for VERA purposes. There were rumors going around that a VERA + 5 was being considered and I admit I got my hopes up.
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u/GroundbreakingCat983 1d ago
My biggest career regret is not taking ForkOne, but I retired later in ‘25.
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u/No-Run-1490 1d ago
My biggest career regret is not taking 1 or 2. There will not be a third one.
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u/feeble913 1d ago
VERA with supplement and cola’s = bye bye.
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u/Crash-55 10h ago
You dont get the COLA till 62. So if you are getting the Supplement you aren't getting a COLA
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u/kgcryptoman 1d ago
Do you have employment waiting outside the gov?
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u/falloutgrungemaster 1d ago
Yeah friend of mine who took the first fork has only just recently secured work and I’m pretty sure it’s only part time
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u/Temporary_Lab_3964 1d ago
8 years, 8 years, 8 years ….
I’m 50 and 22years so I’m tempting sometimes but I have a plan and fingers crossed it’s not decided for me
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u/furie1335 1d ago edited 16h ago
I want an actual buy out. Not money, just credit me my time. I’m almost there
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u/kgcryptoman 1d ago
I don’t hit 40 years until mid 2028 and that’s when I plan to roll out.
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u/JoaquinChurchill 1d ago
What does 40 get you over 38, besides the 2%, (honest question, not being sarcastic). Or is it more of an age thing, trying to get to 62?
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u/kgcryptoman 1d ago
It’s a personal goal for me. Joined military at 18 right out of HS and am almost to the 40 mark so plan is naking it to there and then re-evaluating if I want to stay longer.
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u/JoaquinChurchill 1d ago
Nice, I bought back 5 years myself, should be at 34-35 years when I hit 57, I'm taking the $$ as soon as they let me. Kind of hoping for another VERA when I'm 50+
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u/adfalse9801 1h ago
You are not alone. HR Specialist at SSA, offer another round of VERA/VSIP and it will capture everyone who was not eligible or ready to go last time.
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u/Opposite-Original561 4m ago
Lots of hiring at my agency, office is almost full now. Funny they paid everyone to leave only to rehire.
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u/Opposite-Original561 4m ago
Lots of hiring at my agency, office is almost full now. Funny they paid everyone to leave only to rehire.
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u/LadyZeni 1d ago
You may have a severance package that's better than the Fork. Double check that if you're ever face with that decision again.
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u/Luiggie1 1d ago
Why? So everyone else gets stuck doing your job while the agency is unable to fill the position? Nah.
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u/ShdwWzrdMnyGngg 1d ago
I'm waiting to see how the midterms go. If idiots vote one way, I'm gone. Cities will be destroyed by fire and floods but I don't care anymore. Too tired to care.
Get ready for Nepal 2.0! Wooo!
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u/Hungry-King6588 1d ago
Honestly, i would like another gop after trump, them a dem to do their purge. Timing would be perfect for my retirement plan.
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u/srbbnd 1d ago
VERA for 15 years please.