Don’t ruin your retirement! Jen continues her series with items 4 to 7 from her top 10 ways to ruin a federal retirement.
Hello readers. Welcome back to the third article in my series “Ten easy ways to ruin a Federal Retirement.” I know, I know it’s a glib title for a serious topic. Nevertheless, I hope you find my points to be helpful.
(Once again, to clarify, I’ve written this list with FERS, FERS RAE, FERS FRAE, and CSRS-Offset in mind. But the ideas also apply to CSRS.)
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