Re:The rise and fall of 18F
by chrisseaton on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:46AM
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I thought it was done as a kind of 'tour of duty' equivalent in public services, where you'd leave your company for a few years, and then go back, so you only took a salary hit for a short time?
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Re:The rise and fall of 18F
by tonystubblebine on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:59AM
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Exactly. The attrition rate part of the article is wrong. 18F hires on two year terms renewable for a second two years. At the end then, you are required to leave. So by definition the minimum attrition rate is 25%.
But during the Obama administration, they were backfilling. It sounds like a lot of people are electing not to do that second term, and they're not backfilling open positions.
Re:The rise and fall of 18F
by tonystubblebine on Thursday February 08, 2018 @04:14PM
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Are you sure you mean to use the word "but" here. What you're saying, true or not, does not contradict what I said.
I did mean to use the word "but". Like I said, during the Obama administration, they were hiring to replace the people who were termed out, or simply did not renew for a 2nd term. That's not happening now.