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BumRushDaShow

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5. It's relatively common for feds to leave and then come back

Reply to Katinfl (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:36 PM

Sep 24

and continue their service.

The question would be whether any of them WOULD come back after what they went through because the conditions aren't really changing. There may be some who were close to retirement when they were illegally fired and they might come back to finish out enough to hit their "MRA" (Minimum Retirement Age, if applicable) for FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System which is the current program for retirement).

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Are they being credited the years they had already worked? Katinfl Sep 24 #3

It's relatively common for feds to leave and then come back BumRushDaShow Sep 24 #5

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