Re:Moving on from 18F
by linkregister on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @05:03PM
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Everyone in the federal government received an email from OPM entitled "A Fork in the Road", offering the opportunity to receive a buyout in exchange for their resignation.
Re:Moving on from 18F
by steveklabnik on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @06:16PM
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I actually forgot that 18F is literally part of the government instead of a contractor. Thank you.
(I also thought that probationary employees were not eligible for the buyout, but now that makes me want to go check on the accuracy of that.)
> (Though it’s possible I almost was; more on that later.)
The part from later in the post that explains it:
> In a terrible coda, a large number of probationary employees were summarily let go at my agency just before my last day.
He wasn't offered a buyout. He quit, and then later, a lot of people were let go. He believes it's probable he would have been one of them had he stayed.