IRS Employees Who Took Trump ‘Buyout’ Ordered to Stay, Told Their Work Is Too ‘Essential’

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1. “Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees who accepted the Trump administration’s buyout and opted for deferred resignation have been asked by their employers to continue working for a few months due to the “essential” nature of their jobs, according to a report.

   “If you choose to remain in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on serving the American people to the best of your abilities and look forward to working together as part of an improved federal workforce,” said the memo. “At this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding the certainty of your position or agency but should your position be eliminated you will be treated with dignity and will be afforded the protections in place for such positions.”

   Furthermore, OPM’s FAQ page informs federal employees that the offer is not available to “military personnel of the armed forces, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, those in positions related to immigration enforcement and national security, those in positions related to public safety, and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency.”

   We do welcome the admission, however, that IRS employees are vital to the agency mission,” she continued. ”

   By requiring IRS employees to stay on the job longer than promised, the administration is proving what NTEU has been saying all along: IRS employees are essential and without them, the jobs that the American people depend upon will not get done.

   In the case of the IRS, it’s answering taxpayer questions during filing season, processing tax returns and issuing refunds. But this holds true for frontline federal employees across government who safeguard the public health, promote economic growth and secure the nation. If their jobs are arbitrarily eliminated, those services are in jeopardy.”

2. You think we all would have learned by watching the board room parts of The Apprentice.

3. How stupid are these assholes? I’d be keeping that severance, I’ll tell you that much.

4. Man, what a CF. Complete chaos.

5. They should strike

6. They can’t afford to piss off the parts of the populace that don’t pay much attention. Mess up their tax return and suddenly a lot of people will take notice.

7. The idiot strikes again

8. So work for this tax season but good luck afterwards. What a shit show

9. I have they impression there is an extreme scrutiny on a pioneering task that should be met with trial and error margin. The current administration is making history and they need the support they deserve.

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