I mean, okay, if more people resign in department A than B, to some degree you can transfer people, but it’s not like there’s some generic “federal employee” skillset.
EDIT: I guess if too many people did leave in one area, that you could re-hire there, and eight months severance isn’t actually that large. I guess if someone were that on-the-edge about their job, it might not be that big a deal anyway.
Maybe it’s a standard practice in business layoffs. Not familiar with practice there. You’d rather have people on the edge of leaving leave then people that want to stay.
I’m also kind of wondering if there are any jobs that hire full-time for limited periods of time, like maybe a Census poll worker. Like, if the government only planned to hire someone for three months and he just extended an offer for eight months severance if they walk out the door, that may wind up being a little awkward.
Uh. Without regard to department?
I mean, okay, if more people resign in department A than B, to some degree you can transfer people, but it’s not like there’s some generic “federal employee” skillset.
EDIT: I guess if too many people did leave in one area, that you could re-hire there, and eight months severance isn’t actually that large. I guess if someone were that on-the-edge about their job, it might not be that big a deal anyway.
Maybe it’s a standard practice in business layoffs. Not familiar with practice there. You’d rather have people on the edge of leaving leave then people that want to stay.
I’m also kind of wondering if there are any jobs that hire full-time for limited periods of time, like maybe a Census poll worker. Like, if the government only planned to hire someone for three months and he just extended an offer for eight months severance if they walk out the door, that may wind up being a little awkward.