Two former Internal Revenue Service employees told 11Alive they were pushed into early retirement last year with little time to prepare<\/p>\n
ATLANTA \u2014 Several retired IRS employees said they\u2019ve been left without income, guidance or support for months after being forced into early retirement. Despite decades of public service, they claim promised pension payments have yet to arrive \u2014 leaving them financially stranded and desperate for answers.<\/p>\n
Two former Internal Revenue Service employees told 11Alive they were pushed into early retirement last year with little time to prepare. Since then, they said they have received no income, no pension checks, and no meaningful communication from the government agency they once served.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been with the Internal Revenue Service for 39 years. As of October 21, I\u2019ve received nothing,\u201d said one former employee.<\/p>\n
Another woman said she worked for the IRS for 32 years before her retirement on Sept. 30. Both women shared that the decision to leave was not entirely voluntary. In April, they received a letter from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) giving them just a week to choose between early retirement or submitting a resume to justify keeping their positions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat letter gave us a seven-day time frame to determine whether we wanted to take early retirement or submit a resume explaining our careers,\u201d one retiree said. \u201cIt felt like a forced choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The confusion and pressure didn\u2019t end there. According to one of the retirees, just weeks before receiving the letter, they were required to send weekly emails detailing their daily work \u2014 adding to the anxiety and uncertainty about their roles.<\/p>\n
Now, months later, their financial situations have deteriorated. Initially, they were told they would receive annual leave checks, followed by a supplemental pension payment within 30 to 45 days, and then full retirement annuity payments within 60 to 90 days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were supposed to get our checks by now,\u201d one woman said. \u201cBut we haven\u2019t received any income. Haven\u2019t received any guidance, other than being told there are too many retirees for them to process everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both women said they\u2019ve been assigned HR representatives, but once their retirement paperwork is submitted, communication seems to disappear. Even the IRS hotline meant to assist retirees hasn\u2019t been helpful.11Alive reporters attempted to call and were unable to reach anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to get it,\u201d said one of the retirees. \u201cBut I\u2019m just like \u2014 when? When are those payments going to come?\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, they rely on family for support and hope their stories will spark action.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just want our voices to be heard here in Georgia,\u201d said one woman. \u201cBecause I know no one yet has received a full annuity check. No one.\u201d<\/p>\n
11Alive will continue to follow this developing story and seek answers from the IRS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two former Internal Revenue Service employees told 11Alive they were pushed into early retirement last year with little…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,147,530],"class_list":{"0":"post-385852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-personal-finance","10":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}