📋 Nearly 2,000 Social Security Workers Leaving Field Offices (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE:

AARP reiterates customer-service concerns as buyouts cut staff at local sites.

By Andy Markowitz, AARP. Published April 10, 2025.

Amid surging complaints about Social Security customer service, 40 of the program's local offices are set to lose a quarter or more of their employees as Social Security Administration (SSA) buyouts take effect this month.

The agency is aiming to shed about 7,000 jobs, reducing its workforce to 50,000. The agency says 2,500 workers have requested and been confirmed eligible for “voluntary separation incentive payments” of $15,000 to $25,000 and will leave their jobs by April 19. Of that group, at least 1,962 — nearly 80 percent — work in field offices directly serving the public.

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