Re:US Tech Force
by kulahan on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:39PM
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A gov-backed retirement plan actually is nice. You don’t have to worry about losing your Chrysler pension because they went out of business.
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Amusingly, there's actually a government agency that takes over pension plans from failed companies. PBGC.
Re:US Tech Force
by actionfromafar on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:08AM
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Yet another corporate welfare mechanism.
As I wrote in another comment, US Tech Force participants doing 2-year stints won't qualify for the gov't backed retirement (unless they were prior military, prior civil service, or find a non-term appointment to follow this stint with). You need three years to keep the 5% TSP (401k equivalent) match, which is similar to many private companies. You also need 5 years to qualify for FERS (if you quit before then you can get your contributions back, but that's optional as you may want to come back to gov't later and have the years count).
Re:US Tech Force
by testing22321 on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:22PM
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What I meant was that in developed countries these things are the utter minimum, required by law.
I don’t think it’s worth advertising you offer the bare minimum. Nothing to be proud of