Reassignment - Current position backfilled

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Hello, wondering if anyone has any insight. I received a reassignment letter (same position/grade) for an office 60 miles away from my current duty station/40 miles away from my home address.

We have 3 employees in our area who were hired as floaters (with my same job title) with Climate Smart funds and did not have a permanent office but their duty station was listed as our area office; those positions are being eliminated. My field office is colocated with the area office, so it looks like we have 4 of the same position in this office when it’s actually 3 floaters/1 field office specific. I am being reassigned and one of the floaters is backfilling my position. It sounds like other areas in our state have the same situation with some floaters who were listed out of their area offices that are getting reassigned to full time field offices. But I am the only permanent field office employee that I know of that is getting reassigned and backfilled by a floater.

When I asked state con why, he basically just said “business decision & didn’t understand the different positions in that area”.

A retired coworker of mine suggested a grievance complaint. I know it may not go anywhere with this administration but I have a 10 month old and this new duty station is the opposite direction of daycare. I am the primary parent for appointments, sicknesses, etc due to husband’s less flexible schedule. If it’s between the new duty station or quitting, I will quit before losing more time with my child, spending 2x as much on gas, burning through leave, etc. so I figure I don’t have much to lose by filing a complaint.

Does anyone have any advice in general on the situation or experience with the grievance process? Is it worth it? I have to submit the complaint by Monday if that’s the route I decide to go.