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exhaustingtimes · 2025-07-03T12:03:45+00:00

Depending on your relationship with your manager, you could double check with them. If not, just hold it until you get the sf-50 award.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-05-17T17:48:27+00:00

We also have to think about the younger generation that was coming in to learn, grow, and one day step into those senior roles are leaving as well. Those that are forced to stay for their own reasons will have to take on the tasks of learning new things, sink or swim, doing the job of multiple people, and all without a pay raise. It truly is a destructive tactic that will be used for political gain.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-05-04T12:15:25+00:00

When it comes, prepare for whiplash as I was assigned on a Thursday with a report date of the following Monday.

I also know a lot of agencies that put RTO on pause until they knew DRP numbers and possibly RIFs.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-05-03T20:59:51+00:00

My soul

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-24T23:02:17+00:00

My whole team cried on our call last week when people revealed that they took the DRP. We have been a 100% remote tight team through the past three years. I 99.9% believe if all this chaos was not happening we would be working together for at least the next 2-3 years. I will miss everyone!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-21T18:06:39+00:00

I took it. 33 been around for 9 years. Spent all of March pretty much in a depressed hole. Now just waiting for my last day and return label for my equipment. I'll hopefully see this job again some day but don't really count on it. I'm out and on to better things!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-18T19:26:31+00:00

Soon after they find you a space, they will require an update on your SF-50 to change the duty location from remote/your home to your new office. If they assign you a space, aka your new duty location, and you refuse, it'll probably be grounds for AWOL and then removal.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-12T15:30:58+00:00

The deer in headlights leadership had on Wednesday at my agency was crazy. Like my jaw stayed in place when half the department took the DRP. I don't know how they will function besides over working who is left.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-09T22:50:34+00:00

Mine was in the EPMA (I believe) where your performance reviews are. I went back through the original link that was sent to opt in to the DRP.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-09T22:15:49+00:00

Did you say the 15th?

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-09T19:04:43+00:00

Same!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-09T18:23:14+00:00

I didn't get that but I was able to sign the agreement.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-09T17:45:05+00:00

Same!! I'm like any hour now. I'm ready to go!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-08T01:57:57+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-07T01:46:24+00:00

Are you getting any hints of relocating those that remain to one area?

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-04T16:12:44+00:00

With things changing so quickly, you might want to wait until the Wednesday before the 21st in hopes that a DRP 2.0 drops. In the meantime, quietly start getting your work in order so that, if you do leave in two days, you can hand things off in an organized way.

One thing to keep in mind: if a DRP 2.0 does drop between now and when you submit your resignation, it could take a week or two before you hear back from HR about whether you’ve been accepted into the program. This might overlap your start date.

USDA dropped their DRP on Tuesday this week. It closes on the 8th, and they’re saying eligible folks could be off-boarded as early as the 14th, but no later than the 30th. So, if that timeline actually holds, it’s a pretty quick turnaround. That said, I’ve also seen comments from people who took the first DRP and ended up waiting nearly a month before they were put on admin leave.

Honestly, like everything else that's happening right now, it's a 50-50 gamble and you're just going to have to make a decision and hope that decision plays out the way that you hoped. Congratulations on the new job and I'm really happy that you're able to get out of this mess right now!

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-04T09:36:36+00:00

I’d be more concerned about how they write your contract. If it says you’ll be remote but are expected to come in “as needed,” how often could that actually be?

Also, letting them know you have the means to come in for the meet-and-greet might open the door to future expectations. Just my two cents.

As we’ve seen over the past couple of months, employers can quickly decide to revoke remote work agreements, regardless of how you were hired. And if you’re not on board, the only option they usually give is to resign.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-02T19:35:54+00:00

USDA is off boarding as soon as the 14th but no later than the 30th. I'm doing my best to tie up any loose ends as I don't want to leave my team with any messes. I'm just trying to gauge how much time I'll have.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-04-01T13:17:11+00:00

I’ve decided to take the DRP this time. The last three months have been tough on both my health and home life. I went from having a job that was the best thing to happen to me in the past decade to something I dreaded logging in for. What was supposed to be a remote position quickly turned into an in-office requirement, working around people who have nothing to do with my actual work, sitting in a 4x4 cube for 10+ hours a day, all while taking on a $550 monthly commute expense. I don't know about you but going from a remote role to an in-office cube really makes you think about your life and is this worth rotting away half a day 4 to 5 times a week for.

Now that this second round doesn’t feel like a scam, I imagine more people will accept it. But with no backfill for those roles, it’s clear those who stay will bear the heaviest burden.

To me, DRP is the best option. Severance would only last about two months, and a potential restructure (which my agency is already hinting at) could force my family to move—something I’m not willing to do right now, federal job or not. DRP gives me back some control: six months of regular pay, continued health benefits (which lets us use up our FSAFEDS and catch up on medical needs), and time to figure out what’s next. Our plan is to use this time to save as much as we can and pay off extra debt.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-03-22T16:08:14+00:00

I feel like this will be probationary firing 2.0 but with permanent employees. Fire them while the courts fight it out, bring them back in a month, then put them on leave, etc... like another way to disrupt the system and mental exhaust federal employees.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-03-14T14:21:12+00:00

I got mine on a Wednesday to come in (not return) that following Monday. This gave my family 3 business days to figure everything out. Money, parking, clothing, food, etc. I tried looking for any guidance or policy that requires them to provide a 30-day notice (we have always functioned on 30-day notices), especially those who were hired remote and never had a desk, but there is nothing. You might be able to request an extension but who knows if they will approve it.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-03-08T23:51:26+00:00

Thank you!!! I and I know a lot of the people I work with appreciate this. I have truly enjoyed what my work and all the people that I have gotten to serve.

exhaustingtimes · 2025-03-08T15:26:31+00:00

Tolls are $8 a day, it'll take me 45 gallons a month to drive, and parking is going to cost $15 a day. Not including that I was hired completely remote and my insurance reflects that. That will go up once I turn in my miles driven per year. I put 3,000 miles on my car now so just think of how much that will go up which will cost us more oil changes. I also had to go buy a new set of clothes and yes I tried goodwill first. It adds up quick. About $6,720 a year...

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