Trump -Administration offers federal workers a buyout to resign

President Donald Trump’s administration offers federal workers the chance to take a “postponed resignation” with a severance package of about eight months of salary and benefits.

A senior official told NBC News that they expect 5% -10% of federal workforce to stop, which they estimate could lead to around $ 100 billion in savings.

All federal employees full time are eligible, except members of the military, employees of the US postal service, positions related to immigration enforcement and national security and other jobs excluded by agencies.

“US taxpayers pay for wages for the federal government employees, and therefore deserve employees who work on their behalf who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers,” said White House press secretary in the White House Karoline Leavitt in A statement. “If they do not want to work in the office and help to make America well again, they are free to choose another working line, and the Trump administration will provide a very generous payment of 8 months.”

Axios reported first The buyout offer.

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The offer went out to the federal workforce through a new system created by the Trump administration that gives officials the opportunity to email all federal employees at once.

The e email contained a draft letter of severance for them to review. If a person wants to resign they will be able to respond with the word “resignation”.

The severance period begins Tuesday and goes through February 6th.

“If you choose to stay in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on earning the American people to best abilities and looking forward to working together as part of an improved federal workforce,” the e -mail that will be sent to federal workers read. “At this point, we cannot give you full security of the security of your position or agency, but if your position is removed, you will be treated with dignity and get the protection in place for such positions.”

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Technical Billionaire Elon Musk, now responsible for Trump’s new department of government efficiency, sent famous a similar e -mail to employees shortly after he took over Twitter, which he renamed X and asked them to choose to continue working in the company .

The White House officials would not say if he was involved in the current effort. But the subject line of the e -mail that will be sent to federal workers is: “Fork in Rroad.”

Musk now has a post fixed on x of a work of art he ordered calling ”A fork on the road“