Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away: Trump Offers Buyout For 2 Million Federal Workers

Posted • January 29, 2025: The Trump Administration is expected to offer a buyout package to all Federal Employees. Any 2 million or so employees who accept the offer will be given a severance package, which includes 8 months of their salary and benefits. NBC News reports that they spoke to a senior administration official who stated that an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the federal workforce could accept the offer, saving as much as $100 billion. -- The Trump administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits, an official says. Immediately upon taking office, Donald Trump upset many federal workers when he ended the Covid era work-from-home policy requiring workers to show up at the office. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 'Deferred Resignation' would allow employees who don't want to work in the office to find another line of work.

All full-time federal employees are eligible for the buyout, with the exception of the military, postal service, immigration, national security, and other specific jobs excluded by federal agencies. WAIT? President Trump is offering all 2 MILLION federal workers a buyout to resign??? 100,000 - 200,000 workers are expected to take the deal, which will save us $100 BILLION. This guy isn't playing at all. He wants the swamp drained. The move is not entirely unprecedented. When Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, bought Twitter, he made a similar offer to its employees. The level of Musk's involvement in this effort has not been reported. There may have been signs. […] It seems that one way or the other, the federal workforce is going to get smaller. If that's what it takes to get rid of these career leeches I'm all for it. (…)

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NBC News: Trump administration offers roughly 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-offer-federal-workers-buyouts-resign-rcna189661