Buyouts at Education Department
A buyout offer is reportedly pending for some employees within the Department of Education.
A buyout offer is reportedly pending for some employees within the Department of Education.
A bill to increase buyouts to maximum of $40,000 has been introduced in the Senate.
I took the EPA’s VERA/VSIP offer and am wondering when to set the effective date of my retirement.
If your agency is downsizing, there are important things you should know. The author provides answers to some common questions about a RIF, VERA, and VSIP.
The workforce at EPA will be getting smaller. $12 million has been identified for early retirement and buyout payments at the agency.
Should you take a buyout? The author provides some information on how buyouts work and considerations you should weigh before taking one.
The author provides some general information about early outs and buyouts along with questions federal employees should ask themselves if they are considering taking one of these.
Reduction in force (RIF) and VSIP (Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay) are two orderly, effective ways to shed groups of government employees. The author compares the two.
Federal employees are often being asked to do more work without any more reward. A common lament is that the work keeps piling up as more employees leave, and it just isn’t worth it if retirement benefits are going to be re-structured, on top of it. The author offers some tips to see if retiring earlier is worth doing.
If you were offered the chance to leave federal service with a buyout or an early out, are you prepared to make the right decision?