The Trump administration has announced a buyout offer for federal employees who choose to leave their jobs by next week, in an effort to shrink the U.S. government quickly. The offer includes about eight months of salary but comes with a deadline of February 6th for employees to decide. This move is part of Trump’s promise to disrupt Washington during his second administration.
The federal workforce, which is one of the nation’s largest, has an average tenure of nearly twelve years. The potential impact of a large number of employees leaving their positions is unknown, but it could cause disruptions in the delivery of federal services across the country.
The American Federation of Government Employees union has criticized the buyout offer, calling it a way to pressure workers not considered loyal to the administration to leave their jobs. The administration is also mandating that most workers return to their physical offices five days a week, insisting on excellence in every level of the workforce, and downsizing most federal agencies.
The email to employees includes a “deferred resignation letter” for those wishing to participate in the buyout program and instructions on how to accept. The administration has also released guidance for an executive order called “Schedule Career/Policy” that aims to replace an earlier order by Trump known as Schedule F. President Biden has rescinded the Schedule F order and issued new rules to protect federal employees from being fired easily.
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