by LefttheAF » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:51 pm
guest wrote:LefttheAF wrote:I have not heard anything from SMART about owing anything, I have been out for a few months. I have not heard of anyone else being asked to pay back anything yet.
LefttheAF, can you please share your experience with us? What is it like to quit? Did you try to determine the terms of repayment before quitting? What do you aticipate will happen next, if anything? Thanks!
Of course! Quitting was a magical thing, I went to a real company and do actual work and I get paid reasonable wages. I just filled out some paperwork and I let the SPO know, I filled out the super general form where leaving early is an option on the form, but not the point of the whole form, as that one said I would owe an appropriate amount. The other one just said I would owe everything back, so I did not sign that.
I did try to figure out how to pay everything back but the AF liaison had none of that information for me. Neither did my SPO contact, or anyone at my base. No one knows what the terms are as far as I know.
If something is done and we do owe the money, it will go through DFAS I think, and they limit collections to 15% of post-tax pay, so that should make the payments take a long time, but they wont be an unreasonable amount, especially given i am making almost double what I made with the AF. This is theory based on a few things I have read, and some stuff I looked up about DFAS, so not a guarantee, but it would be the logical progression.
I quit because it made sense for me, and I will happily pay back a pro-rated amount. You need to figure out what is right for you and go for it!
[quote="guest"][quote="LefttheAF"]I have not heard anything from SMART about owing anything, I have been out for a few months. I have not heard of anyone else being asked to pay back anything yet.[/quote]
[i][b]LefttheAF, can you please share your experience with us? What is it like to quit? Did you try to determine the terms of repayment before quitting? What do you aticipate will happen next, if anything? Thanks![/b][/i][/quote]
Of course! Quitting was a magical thing, I went to a real company and do actual work and I get paid reasonable wages. I just filled out some paperwork and I let the SPO know, I filled out the super general form where leaving early is an option on the form, but not the point of the whole form, as that one said I would owe an appropriate amount. The other one just said I would owe everything back, so I did not sign that.
I did try to figure out how to pay everything back but the AF liaison had none of that information for me. Neither did my SPO contact, or anyone at my base. No one knows what the terms are as far as I know.
If something is done and we do owe the money, it will go through DFAS I think, and they limit collections to 15% of post-tax pay, so that should make the payments take a long time, but they wont be an unreasonable amount, especially given i am making almost double what I made with the AF. This is theory based on a few things I have read, and some stuff I looked up about DFAS, so not a guarantee, but it would be the logical progression.
I quit because it made sense for me, and I will happily pay back a pro-rated amount. You need to figure out what is right for you and go for it!