After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

[Greenbeard]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

As the Trump administration marches forward with its plan to dramatically slash the federal workforce, agencies are bidding farewell to employees who have agreed to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September.

But at least one agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is already scrambling to fill some of those newly vacant roles, according to internal communications seen by NPR.

The agency is looking for scientists, budget analysts, technicians, inspectors, and a veterinarian to carry out its mission to protect the health, welfare, and value of America's plants, animals, and natural resources.

The immediate posting of these jobs has infuriated employees who took the deferred resignation offer out of fear that their positions would be eliminated.

"We are now all at home, being paid to stay home while they announce, less than 24 hours later, our jobs," said one APHIS employee who accepted deferred resignation and now sees their position on the list of openings. "What logic metric is being used to justify this?"

In filling jobs that are open due to voluntary resignations, the government will effectively be on the hook for two salary-and-benefit packages through the end of September — one for the person newly moving into the job, and one for the person who was paid to leave that job.

 

[radioman]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

This seems like an idiotic, costly thing to do.
Yet another "win" for the MAGA crowd.

 

[ElChupacabra]

This is next level stupid, but I am not surprised considering how these cuts have been made in such a short period of time an I am very confident that decisions were made with no impact analysis at all.

 

[noonereal]

All things Trump = Shit Show

 

[Lycanthrope]

In filling jobs that are open due to voluntary resignations, the government will effectively be on the hook for two salary-and-benefit packages through the end of September — one for the person newly moving into the job, and one for the person who was paid to leave that job.

Eleventy dimensional genius-ery - BLESS YOU DEAR LEADER AND PRESIDENT MUSK!

 

[Mycroft]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

shrug...

If they were doing a job related to the new jobs, they can always reapply for the new job.

I suspect many of the people complaining don't even qualify for the new jobs.

 

[OrphanSlug]

shrug...

If they were doing a job related to the new jobs, they can always reapply for the new job.

I suspect many of the people complaining don't even qualify for the new jobs.

Worst attempt so far to deflect from the utter incompetence of the Trump Administration. But expected from you.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Worst attempt so far to deflect from the utter incompetence of the Trump Administration. But expected from you.

Trumpist incompetence sends a thrill up the legs of MAGAs, right up until it affects them directly. Then the wailing cry is "AH DIDN' THINK THA LEOPARDS WUD EAT MAH FACE"

 

[CANON]

shrug...

If they were doing a job related to the new jobs, they can always reapply for the new job.

I suspect many of the people complaining don't even qualify for the new jobs.

Why would they consider doing that?

The positions being filled for people that left voluntarily - well, they left voluntarily.

They quit because the employment no longer fit their needs, and the only ones that would apply for positions they previously held are not the ones you wanted to quit in the first place.

 

[coyote505]

shrug...

If they were doing a job related to the new jobs, they can always reapply for the new job.

I suspect many of the people complaining don't even qualify for the new jobs.

Weren't they required to promise NOT to apply for re-employment with the Feds?

 

[Mycroft]

Weren't they required to promise NOT to apply for re-employment with the Feds?

I don't know. Were they?

 

[Lursa]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

That sounds like a whole bunch of paid out tax-payer $$ went down the drain. Way to go DOGE! /sarcasm

 

[Mr Person]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

The positive part of a character who is stupid evil is that they defeat themselves in the long run and also, but not in every case, step on their own dick.

shrug...

If they were doing a job related to the new jobs, they can always reapply for the new job.

I suspect many of the people complaining don't even qualify for the new jobs.

Why defend stupid evil?

 

[NolanVoyd]

Efficiency! Pushing people out so you can pay two salaries + benefits for roles. Nice work again, DOGE.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

DOGE is waste fraud and abuse.