Subject: Re: About 75K Fed'l Workers Accept Retirement Pro
Is it possible they are being smarter about the dismals than first thought?

VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees
Mission-critical positions are exempt from the reductions, which will enable VA to redirect over $98 million annually to health care, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries.
https://news.va.gov/press-room...

There are currently more than 43,000 probationary employees across the department, the vast majority of whom are exempt from today’s personnel actions because they serve in mission-critical positions – primarily those supporting benefits and services for VA beneficiaries...