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  I am one of those who retired too soon and returned to work. I will be laughing all the way to the bank when I deposit my recomputed pension which will be almost double my current one. I have aleady worked 3 out of the required 5 years. I worked in the private sector for about 10 years and could not have retired at all with my small pension and then a penalty for Social Security under WEP on top of my penalty under CSRS for being under age. Think this through people!

  Beverly Haran Posted November 10, 2009 1:37 PM
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  And yet again, it seems the actions of the left hand are contrary to initiatives of the right. This article reinforces my belief that the only older annuitants that the government could possibly recruit are not the ones desired. If anyone is ignorant enough to sign back on board after securing their retirement under conditions that threaten that same retirement, these are not the folks we want leading the way.

  Tip off

  GovExec.com reader Posted March 26, 2007 4:10 PM
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  While I don't recommend returning to federal service, for those retirees who enjoyed government service there are many local civil service positions with state benefits. Your pension is not affected plus you can save by terminating parts of your federal benefits. Many of the titles are comparable to federal position with public exams. Just another choice for the post fed government life.

  Tom Yee Posted March 23, 2007 9:55 PM
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  The concept in this article is laughable, idiotic and makes no economic sense for a sane, half witted retired Fed employee.

  The only way it would work is if the Federal Agency hiring would give the annuitant the offset waiver, whereas the employee could return at their old grade up to a GS 12 without a hit against retirement earnings( annuity).This is at the agency's discretion, otherwise I work in 1) the private sector 2) for a state or local governmental agency or 3)be self employed; otherwise your almost working for nothing when they offset your retirement, and under CSRS with a " high 3" of GS-13 or higher, this would be economic madness. I wish the author would have injected the "offset waiver" scenario to introduce it as the only viable option that makes any sense.

  GovExec.com reader Posted March 23, 2007 5:26 PM
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  I can't stop laughing! There sure are a lot of confused people out there who haven't figured life out. Many employees cannot retire due to family/medical needs, fine. But why on earth would someone retire, then come back to federal civil service knowing that their retirement monies would be reduced or stopped? Dumb, dumb, and dumber.

  GovExec.com reader Posted March 23, 2007 11:24 AM
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  Why claim employees are still receiving benefits while they are working, when their benefit amount is being deducted from their current salary? The person is still getting their basic salary, just from two separate sources. With those rules, if the person came back to a less stressful position which doesn't pay as well as their retirement, they would work for free. The policy is using semantics to make its point. In reality, the person is no longer receiving their benefits, they are working for them.

  John Jones Posted March 23, 2007 8:33 AM