Probably “cheap” at twice the price if it allows Trump to unload workers without all the legal nonsense that PE’s get to try and stay employed with the government even when their jobs are not needed.
Oh noes. Ping
Seems a little expensive just to get them to go away. How about security showing them the door unexpectedly and sending their personal effects to them afterwards in a box via USPS?
GOOD! LEAVE! We don’t need the bloated government we have!
You could easily dump 50% of the federal work force with little or no change being felt by the average american. Outside of the salary saving the next biggest savings would be consolidating the wasted space left behind.
Follow this up with
“Any employee caught stealing from the government or taxpayers will immediately be terminated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!”
I like the idea of severance pay to Federal workers who are willing to leave. Please do not refill their positions. Deposit the present value of their pensions in a 401K.
Impossible. Aunt Pelosi said a couple years ago that they did a thorough check of the fed gov and every bit of it was already cut to the bone and no cuts were possible.
Yes, they should probably all quit.
Buyouts make sense, and insure that people who leave do so on their own volition. This also may be a part of early retirement programs.
My company offered one such program and it attracted about 20% of the intended target. Also caused some very good employees to jump the ship. (not desired).
However the next year the company followed up with layoffs to finish cutting the dead wood. The end result was a lean company that managed to do well for years after this.
My job was never at risk during this time, and I did encourage people who were planning to leave soon anyway that the new policy would mean that they would work almost for nothing for a while if they did not take the offer.
I still believe this is a very good move when cutbacks are in the future.
Now, the flip side is that Trump policy will spur growth down the road, so the Pentagon will want to keep good employees. The trick is to find out who these employees are and give them some incentive this year to not take the Voluntary Out.
Oh jeez, just dump them. Not one in 10 of them ever earned an honest nickel.
Federal employees have never shown themselves to be working for AMERICA. The majority have always been there for the bucks. Meet their demands, give the rats their cheese, but do set the traps to kill their ilk. In the future, before hiring any federal employee, plan to extensively vet them
I’ll pay it. Think of it as an investment in a smaller government. The problem is that many of the ones who can leave aren’t the ones we need to leave. But it’s a start.
The problem is....get rid of people with jobs which do not require replacement so you’re not paying two salaries at one time.
They can eye it all they want - there’s always a set of requirements as to whether or not one qualifies for the buyout (or early retirement) - even if they all qualify, it will be much cheaper in the long run....freezing the hiring and letting a lot go by attrition will also save billions.
Swamp draining ahead...
They can’t give it to more than 25,000 people.
The people who do take it must wait 12 months to be rehired.
If they are rehired within 5 years, they have to pay the money back.(There are exceptions)
Section 9902(f)(5)(A)(ii) of title 5, United States Code
A lot of DoD postings need to be gone but we never hear about personnel cuts in the civilian agencies. They are even more bloated and incompetent than anything in the DoD.