points by ndiddy 1 year ago

Here's the OPM guidance memo to department heads about this program: https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Guidance%20Memo%...

Key quote:

"Employees who accept deferred resignation should promptly have their duties re-assigned or eliminated and be placed on paid administrative leave until the end of the deferred resignation period (generally, September 30, 2025, unless the employee has elected another earlier resignation date), unless the agency head determines that it is necessary for the employee to be actively engaged in transitioning job duties, in which case employees should be placed on administrative leave as soon as those duties are transitioned."

araes 1 year ago

Only a couple days and it's already File Not Found. Here's a different link that appears to still work:

https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Guidance%20Memo%...

Here's the FAQ that got put up on OPM.

https://www.opm.gov/fork/faq/

Note: This is pretty much every single one of the federal employees (2.2 million) other than: "military personnel of the armed forces, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, those in positions related to immigration enforcement and national security, and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency."

The quotes are predictably demeaning: Am I allowed to get a second job?

"Absolutely! We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so. The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector."

Poster (YouDoHaveValue) on Reddit had a pretty great take:

Typical indicators of a scam:

  - Sounds too good to be true
  - Urgent requests or threats, FOMO
  - Spelling / grammar errors
  - Payments via unconventional / insecure means
  - Links or attachments prompting you to provide personal information

There have already been legal fights about the mass mailings from new OPM addresses as reported by (Wired) https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-office-personn...:

"Last week, federal employees across the government received emails encouraging them to turn in colleagues who they believed to be working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access initiatives (DEIA) to the OPM via the email address DEIAtruth@opm.gov"

Also, this story seems to have sank remarkably quickly...