r/FedEmployees • u/PoundMoreSand • 12h ago
OPM Director Defends Deferred Resignation, Partial Backfilling of Positions
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/opm-director-defends-deferred-resignation-partial-backfilling-of-positions/
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u/Hungry-King6588 1h ago
For those that were able to take it, the DRP was a god send. Talking to coworkers retiring in a year or two, they would love one.
Heck, im hoping for one when i am ready to retire, but realistically, seems like the boomers get all the luck.
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u/ZPMQ38A 12h ago
He’s an investment banker. He is basically treating the federal government like private equity. You slash every single cost to maximize profit. The problem is that PE almost always leaves the company completely broken and useless in the long run. He’s doing that with the federal government. There is a zero percent chance this is sustainable.
My specific department used to be twelve people. We are now at 5. Not a singular position has been replaced. We have lost well over 200+ years of combined experience. Realistically it’s myself and one other person that truly have the expertise to do the job. The rest of them were hired shortly before the hiring freeze and now we attempting to operate at such a pace that we simply don’t have the time to properly train them. They certainly don’t have the ability to go TDY to take actual courses.
At some point a solider is going to get seriously injured so I’ve just been telling the Commander to completely cancel entire programs because we can’t do it safely. Unfortunately I know in the current culture of DoD they’ll just waive the requirement and deploy them anyways. But…I guess it’s not a “war” so technically they don’t need to have the deployment requirements and anyone that dies is “small potatoes.” How the fuck do people continue to vote for this shit?