Social Security faces a growing backlog of retirement claims that agency officials hope their remaining workers can clear with a little encouragement.
The Social Security Administration on Wednesday asked its employees to work hard to clear a backlog of retirement claims after the agency pushed out thousands of workers earlier this year.
In an internal memo to operations employees obtained by HuffPost, a Social Security official said the agency has received more retirement claims than in any previous year, thanks in part to the ongoing retirement of baby boomers.
The backlog has grown to 575,000 pending retirement claims, with more than 140,000 of those pending for more than 60 days.
I doubt it. My friend who works for USDA was in a team of 11. Most of them quit and she’s now in a team of 4. Her work doubled.