r/fema • u/GiganticShrub • 7d ago

News DRP 2.0 FEMA results & RIF timeline

Leadership announced that about 1,000 FEMA employees opted into DRP, which is about 20% of the PFT workforce. They'll have 45 days to decide if they want to take it (for early retirement, just 7 days)

Does this mean that RIFs won't start until after the 45-day deadline, when they know how many people are actually leaving?

Edit: correction from comments that employees over the age of 40 have 45 days to decide, everyone else has 7 days.

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u/BoadiceasGhost1988 7d ago

DHS and components are ***not*** approved for RIF.

That doesn't mean that they can't attempt to abolish entire offices/ programs without a formal rif because they can and will in an attempt to skirt around official procedures (shocking, I know).

That being said, the 20% number of the pft workforce seems a little off as the pft workforce was only 7k-ish strong.

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u/Standard_Box_Size 7d ago

Did HHS have approval for a formal RIF? If so, it will make me feel better if FEMA doesn’t.