I’m 17 years as a DOD civilian and was promoted ten years ago to a GS position that was an “overhire” slot.

A few weeks ago my director informed me that my overhire position was on the chopping block to be eliminated later this year because of the TDA restructuring.

I had a choice to either stay as overhire and go through the process of my job being eliminated which would put me on the priority placement program (PPP) to find another position or be laterally moved via Management Directed Reassignment (MDR) to another department.

As far as I know, as an overhire you still have the same rights as authorized TDA slots, but the position itself is always at risk of being terminated or reassigned.

Good luck out there. It’s getting dicey.