BREAKING: Trump is offering a buyout for ALL 2 million federal workers to *resign* – NBC
Each worker would get a severance package including 8 months of pay and benefits – and 5-10% are expected to quit. If so, $100 B will be saved.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1884374554157404458
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And this is only his 7th business day!
Is it even physically possible to move faster than this?
Many federal workers have no place else to go,
AND
are in it for the defined pension benefits they get ONLY after 20 years.
As well as for the more generous and flexible leave benefits than you find in the private sector.
Those are not easy to secure these days, and certainly not for older workers who would usually start out all over again at a new job.
It would likely be appealing only for those planning on leaving anyway.
or those who know they are about to get fired perhaps……..
8 months salary and benefits, 8 days to accept offer –> https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html
Its VERY difficult to fire people in civil service ranks.
I watched people TRY, to no avail, over extended efforts — from fairly close up.