The Daily Populous Wednesday January 29th, 2025 day edition
Authored by cnbc.com and submitted by Okish-Lover

A woman walks down the stairs in front of the U.S. Capitol building, ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025.

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide "deferred resignation" program if they resign by Feb. 6.

Those who accept the offer will receive pay and benefits through Sept. 30, according to a draft email obtained Tuesday by NBC News.

The sweeping buyouts are being offered to "make sure that all federal workers are on board with the new administration's plan to have federal employees in office and adhering to higher standards," a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

"We're five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable," the official said, citing a report from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who co-chairs the congressional DOGE caucus.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to take the buyout, the official said.

The emails will be sent starting Tuesday afternoon, NBC reported.

Buyouts are being offered to all full-time federal employees except military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers, roles related to immigration enforcement and national security, and "any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency," the emails will say, according to NBC.

The offers come as President Donald Trump's administration pushes federal employees to return to the office five days per week, scrapping work-from-home allowances implemented during the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump signed an order on his first day in office directing all executive branch agencies to end remote work rules.

The administration, which has promised massive cuts to purported government waste, is also signaling that most federal agencies will likely be downsized through restructurings and headcount reductions.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told NBC in a statement that if federal workers "don't want to work in the office and contribute to making America great again, then they are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump Administration will provide a very generous payout of 8 months."

0nlyhalfjewish on January 28th, 2025 at 23:10 UTC »

The fact you just reply to an email with the word “resign” sounds like a total scam.

Listen00000 on January 28th, 2025 at 23:04 UTC »

> To accept the buyout, federal employees simply have to reply to the email with the word “Resign,” the emails reportedly instruct.

What in the actual fuck

AKAkorm on January 28th, 2025 at 22:47 UTC »

I once had a client that did this after the 2008 financial crisis except it was a year’s salary and benefits. What happened was all their best people took the buyout because they were confident they could find new jobs and the people left couldn’t handle their increased workloads.