After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

[Warpy]

17. That always happens after a purge of experienced people who cost mrre

because they've been there long enough to be well trained in their jobs.

Corporation or government, it doesn't matter. Any outfit that tries to cut costs on the backs of labor soon finds itself in difficulty, more so than outfits that bit the bullet during lean times and kept experienced staff working.

New hires right out of school might look cheaper but they're not. They all cost money as they learn the job and come up to some sort of speed, especially with no one left to train them. Those actuarial tables so beloved by a certain type of management never seem to tell them that part and that type of management never seems to learn.

So ha ha on you, FAFO at its finest.