Federal Retirement Wave Starting? 10 Questions if You Are Considering Moving On

Before you decide to put in your retirement papers this year there are important issues you should consider.

The last few months, I have been hearing from many of my federal friends and clients that they are retiring this year and wondering about their deeper motivations for leaving federal service. The Covid pandemic has lessened as an employment issue and now many federal agencies have ended popular telework polices and are requiring more in-person work at assigned worksites. Maybe they don’t want to go back. Other factors include stressful working conditions at front line agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration, the Customs and Border Patrol, the United States Postal Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Federal employees with heightened on-the-job pressures may naturally eye retirement. While departures from the federal government only increased by around 11,000 in 2022, my sense is that employees who do not want to return to the office are viewing retirement as an attractive alternative.

If you are in this camp or considering moving on for any reason, before you decide to put in your retirement papers there are important issues you should consider. Please click HERE to find out more.