DoD cuts furloughs from 11 days to 6.

[TTMD]

The Jobs Board seems like a reasonable place for this...

DoD furlough days cut from 11 to 6: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/apnewsbreak-defense-furloughs-cut-11-6

 

[erwos]

Not surprising. The administration wanted some furlough threats to show how "horrible" the sequester would be, and the DoD had to play along. Now that the sequester has become reality, the administration doesn't really want them.

Still, this is good news. Some of the lower-grade folks in uniform were going to get plastered by those furloughs, and this lessens the pain somewhat.

 

[JDove]

I was enjoying my Fridays off. I have less money, but more free time.

 

[Vince55]

Good news, but wait until next year. Either they will furlough again or start RIF's.

 

[Streetgang]

Good news, but wait until next year. Either they will furlough again or start RIF's.

This..

Also, the recent round didn't get the uproar that his highness expected, hence the reduction from 11 to 6.

 

[r3t1awr3yd]

I read they're going to furlough twice as much next year AND start RIFs :/

 

[obnoxious2]

I was enjoying my Fridays off. I have less money, but more free time.

This. As someone with no kids and no mortgage I was

 

[JDove]

This. As someone with no kids and no mortgage I was

Yeah, at least they had the courtesy to do it during the summer. I've gone fishing/tubing on the South Fork Shenandoah 2x (3x after this weekend). I figured I may as well make the best of my forced day off.

 

[erwos]

My DoD-employed wife got completely exempted due to some sort of financial shens I don't really understand. She was looking forward to her days off; I, OTOH, am glad that my gun-buying fund is intact.

I read they're going to furlough twice as much next year AND start RIFs :/

They can't furlough "twice as much" as the original 22 days without hitting certain rules that demand that furloughs over a certain amount of days be contiguous. RIFs, sure, that's always a possibility.

 

[CorpsmanUp]

The moral of the story here is "emergency savings."

If you prepared, it wasn't too bad.

Saving even a little every paycheck can help you out in a bind.

If they are going to do it again, make a solid plan. Spread it out over the year. Less impact and strain on those that are put on furlough.

 

[JDove]

My DoD-employed wife got completely exempted due to some sort of financial shens I don't really understand. She was looking forward to her days off; I, OTOH, am glad that my gun-buying fund is intact.


They can't furlough "twice as much" as the original 22 days without hitting certain rules that demand that furloughs over a certain amount of days be contiguous. RIFs, sure, that's always a possibility.

Each agency was given the option of how to make the cuts. Mine decided everybody takes a bite of the shit sandwich unless stationed OCONUS or otherwise deployed.