TSA to offer buyouts to workers
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TSA to offer buyouts to workers
The Transportation Security Administration is soon hoping to offer buyouts to about 3,000 administrative workers, one of dozens of federal agencies aiming to trim the payroll amid a budget crunch.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ss=federal-eye
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The agency’s roughly 51,000 unionized airport security officers, as well as its air marshals and intelligence personnel, would not be eligible, the agency said.
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There are fairly restrictive eligibility criteria for both the buy-out (take $25K and leave) or early retirement. I wouldn't think any clerks would qualify unless they transferred from another agency. It's also up to the agency to participate or not participate. Some were concerned about brain drain and "opted out" from participating.
There are fairly restrictive eligibility criteria for both the buy-out (take $25K and leave) or early retirement. I wouldn't think any clerks would qualify unless they transferred from another agency. It's also up to the agency to participate or not participate. Some were concerned about brain drain and "opted out" from participating.
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The TSA is pretty much a show that costs taxpayers way too much. It's a collection of bureaucrats that are really parasites in reality. So much pain and suffering to travellers ever since the TSA gets to become the legalized perverts.
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Too bad they're not offering buyouts to our friends at the airports. I bet we could find a bunch of FTers willing to kick in a few bucks toward that cause.
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What would you like to bet they'd accept the "buyout" and show up for "work" again tomorrow expecting the pax to "buy them out" again?