It has been stated that the best story is a factual story,
I am GS12/12 who can give myself a pay raise, and give my job to someone more needed than me, f the early-out is aproved. I can not afford DC any more and have a home paid for at my birthplace left by my parents that I would like to keep. My life is President's Obama example that the math does not add up. Paying me full salay, plus retirement income verses retirement income at 60% - 80% the most. I ask for a transfer but was denied. Enslaved by the process.
Human resources must be managed too through several alternatives, such as: buy-outs, voluntary early-out approvals, and mandated retirement that lead to promotion opportunities, upward mobility opportunities, and hiring opportunities from the unemployment pool.