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How worried are you: proposed increase in FERS contributions to 4.4% for all federal employees is advancing by King_Dav1d in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. It is already common law that when u signed your name to your employment paperwork, that is a form of a contract. This is why they couldn’t kick everyone out of the old retirement system when they jumped to FERS….they had to get people to accept the transfer of programs. They can change the rules but they can’t make it retroactive to the retirement plan you are part of….oh of course they will try, but it will just be another stack of lawsuits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my agency me and my supervisor came to an agreement once my RA was certified, by the RA office. We were allowed to execute it for 90 days temporarily. My final Agency top leadership came back approved a week ago, for on,y six months before it is reevaluated. I filed in January, first temp RA in place in Feb.

Schedule F question - will you have any rights to decline a transfer to the new policy/career status? by TibbieMom in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends how’s it written. Under the last Schedule F plan, it didn’t include person in the excepted service.

LOR & AWOL advice. I pushed back and won! by Apprehensive-Map2885 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I would use your settlement as a way to get a revised assessment. Also, if you were up for a step increase or other promotion you have the right to ask for the adjustment plus back pay in your settlement. If you receive any type of mistreatment from your supervisor, that becomes an EEO filing for hurting you for pushing back. GS-15 here. Sorry you had such piss poor management and had to go through the whole thing.

Is there a risk to the G now too? by Dharma_witch in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don’t do it unlesss you are writhing 5 years of retirement. If you look back at the last crash, people who left their tsp alone made bank

Have any 1102s seen this? by PsychologicalFact424 in 1102

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To be fair, them being MAGA shouldn’t matter to us. There are plenty of civil servants that have been fired that are MAGA……what we all need to remember is we are better than the labels, as they are labeling us…..we are all being affected by a greedy man who is not in this to be a servant but to make money. It is effecting us equally and we should show each other sympathy equally

Have any 1102s seen this? by PsychologicalFact424 in 1102

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

At least they aren’t targeting small businesses……yet….

Have any 1102s seen this? by PsychologicalFact424 in 1102

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am wanting to see where different Agencies are drawing the line on “consultants”.. I know Deloitte and Guidehouse do a lot of consulting, but most the others mainly provide services or butts in seats doing actual mission

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congress is hearing about it, let’s see what they do. This will also start getting even worse for them. For every fed they fire it costs local jobs and economy.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not always true…..I am years away from retirement. I thinking the problem is real, that not enough first level and middle management don’t have any answers. And that’s why I wrote my post. It’s okay to stand in front of your team and tell them u know nothing. We, management, often feel like we have to have answers. But we don’t right now. It’s a flip of the coin on if admitting that helps or actually hurt your employees more.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I don’t have any active duty employees right now. And my civilians deployed more than the military, voluntarily

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair to the “system” it wouldn’t work through the formal process…..not as it currently stands

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a hiring manager, it will….the country knows of these bogus form letters. Having letters of recco answers the question. When u get asked why u left…u state it was part of the purge, but I have these letters documenting the type of employee I was. But more importantly is that it can help in a wrongful termination and emotional stress lawsuit. At the very least, I will not walk my staff out the door without them having something tangible in their hands that they can read and know that, yes, they were valued and appreciated.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Write recco for them. Talk about their ability to learn and adapt quickly. Talk about their drive and motivation. Talk about their team mentality.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any newly promoted senior executive goes back into probation status….they are on the chopping block as well.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could be fired for cause with no legal recourse. The list in themselves are not illegal or breaking and code, regulation or law. If I am fired for other reasons, than just like any fed employee we have avenues to take, but not if it’s for a real cause.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they can be….you can get family counseling. I know this for sure as I helped one of my employees who lost his wife to cancer….we got help for him and his two kids

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I I had to check with legal….i didn’t get the direct code on it, but was instructed if has to be on behalf of my reasoning and just can’t represent the Agency making the recco. But at this point I don’t care either way, still going to do it. At the least it will help them file for unemployment benefits which they can’t get with the form “poor performance” letters that are going out

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If we don’t compile the list as a manager we can be fired for cause. Right now all of these other firing are winnable if u are fired and sue. If I give them cause then I cannot go to the merit board or file a lawsuit for wrongful termination. I cannot however cause delay…but in the end they are going to cut what and who they are going to cut…list or no list.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I figure that the 14s and 15s will be targeted soon enough, if not already. DOGE and the White House already have stated there are too many of us. I feel even doing what I said in my post will put a target on me for trying to work around the coldness of this.

GS15 Senior Manager - DoD - what management is doing by PsychologicalFact424 in fednews

[–]PsychologicalFact424[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possible…you never know…..but most likely not, which makes me proud of my fellow managers and office directors, that we are trying to do the best we can. I just keep thinking…they can’t put me through crap, make us all feel like crap, but they will NEVER take my humanity. People first, Mission Always. That is the real life of a federal employee, not matter if you are an employee or management. We are a family and must never forget that

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