LP. Is the plan really to consolidate WLB nationwide into the RSSO in less than 3 months without any SOPs, organizational structure, standards, position descriptions, training plan or feasible timeline? Thats what we are hearing since your town hall but no word from our leadership who might be going to the RSSO unit and who won’t. I don’t know how it could possibly be planned in such a short time particularly during busy seasons for both retirement and WLB.

I’m new to the VA after working 30 years in highly-demanding Oil and Gas Roles, and I must admit that while I was excited about this new chapter to start, I don’t feel that way as strongly now. I’m bored and underutilized, and terrified that this newfound joy in my life - for the first time in decades, is going to be destroyed by this state of personal stagnation, overall poor attitudes of coworkers, and obvious low-morale and dysfunction across my local organization, and the VHA at large.

That being said, here are my real questions:

1) Is transferring to an identical role at another facility even plausible as a probationary employee with 11 mo of service in step 2 of WG-9?

2) Does working under a 4-year relocation and retention program that is distributed as a monthly stipend for hard-to-fill USO positions change this? USRO roles died in OPM for my facility in 2025, and the VA terms for the reloc/recr programs escape me.

3) If I leave the VHA and return to a private-sector role before my 4 years of service, and my reloc/recr is paid monthly, am I required to repay what I received through these programs?

Sorry in advance for my ignorance, but the VHA learning curve is real.