When it comes to predicting agency buyout plans, it is as simple as winning a bundle in Las Vegas or getting rich by buying low and selling high. And Senior...
For long-time feds of certain age, and for recently hired civil servants, the number one job-related question has two parts. They are:
Buyouts represent a golden parachute for older feds. For younger employees buyouts mean job security (a big deal in these economic times), and a better chance at getting a promotion. Nobody can move up while the promotion pipeline is blocked and, if agencies are forced to cut staff, short-service staffers (if they lack veterans preference protection) are the first to go. Unless older employees take a buyout.
Those are both great questions. Anyone who can accurately predict buyouts is wasting time in their government day job. With that kind of ability said psychic should quit immediately. Then head for Las Vegas. Pawn everything you’ve got and convert the cash and your life-savings into poker chips. Of if you like your neighborhood (and maybe your family and the dog) you can stay home. Just go on-line, setup a credit card account and begin to day trade in the stock market. Make sure to buy low and sell high. That’s it!
Handicapping buyouts is an art, not a science. And it is not for the faint-hearted even though we know certain things:
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