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Trump administration offering buyouts to government workers unwilling to return to office
CBS ^ | 01/28/2025

Posted on 01/28/2025 2:46:25 PM PST by BenLurkin

A government-wide email President Trump's aides planned to send Tuesday will say employees have about a week to decide whether to participate in a "deferred resignation program." It was to begin Tuesday for all federal employees and end Feb. 6.

"If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason)," the emails states

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump47
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1 posted on 01/28/2025 2:46:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

One way to end run the Unions


2 posted on 01/28/2025 2:47:30 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: BenLurkin

Fire them now !!!


3 posted on 01/28/2025 2:49:58 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like a plan. I’d have the end date June 30 instead of September.


4 posted on 01/28/2025 2:51:27 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino and)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Not the civil service-protected ones, we can’t. We do this it’s better in the long term


5 posted on 01/28/2025 2:51:37 PM PST by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin

So this results in a sizable Reduction In Force with minimal pushback since it’s largely voluntary.


6 posted on 01/28/2025 2:52:03 PM PST by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: BenLurkin

If they don’t come back to the office, they won’t be able to gather garbage to write their trash Trump books full of leaks and hearsay.


7 posted on 01/28/2025 2:53:25 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Democrats are the greatest threat to America.)
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To: BenLurkin

Happens all the time in the private world

Saves the company money in the long run


8 posted on 01/28/2025 2:53:51 PM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I understand your enthusiasm! But, it may be that Trump has looked at the bottom line and this is the best way to get the job done. These people will never work again (if they ever did), so that has to be considered.

My company offered an early resignation plan once. It was worthless, but they were clearly trying to do something.


9 posted on 01/28/2025 2:56:08 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty ( )
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

8 months pay. A good deal both ways. No harm no foul.


10 posted on 01/28/2025 2:59:44 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: j.havenfarm

Screw their protections. EO can reverse that status. To hell with 75% of them.


11 posted on 01/28/2025 3:03:35 PM PST by Fledermaus (SANITY RETURNS!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

My niece got a buy out of one full years pay from her previous emploer. She took some time off, moved to Florida and got a good job there.


12 posted on 01/28/2025 3:08:43 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Don’t forget to pay your taxes ,LOL


13 posted on 01/28/2025 3:09:09 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Federal government long overdue for a good purge. I worked as a contractor and always made to feel like a second class citizen after doing the heavy lifting.


14 posted on 01/28/2025 3:10:52 PM PST by databoss
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To: MNJohnnie

This is probably the best way to get rid of dead wood. I am glad people only have a short time to decide.


15 posted on 01/28/2025 3:21:49 PM PST by vaskypilot
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I worked as a contractor and always made to feel like a second class citizen after doing the heavy lifting.

I was a contractor and then a Fed, in most cases the contractors are there to do the work so the Feds can goof off. When I started as a Fed, one of my Fed told me that if I got assignments I didn't want to do to give it to the contractor.

16 posted on 01/28/2025 3:24:31 PM PST by rllngrk33 (The soap box and ballot box have failed, it's really close to time for the bullet box.)
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To: BenLurkin
trump brilliance

he is using their individual greed and sloth against the whole

genius.

17 posted on 01/28/2025 3:25:51 PM PST by cuz1961
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This is probably the best way to get rid of dead wood. I am glad people only have a short time to decide.

I bet you that this is Elon Musk's recommendation. Remember he was able to eliminate 80% of Twitter's employees with a similar tactic.

18 posted on 01/28/2025 3:27:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MNJohnnie

Business smarts.

Used to buy out bad tenants this way rather than evict. Quicker and in the end usually cheaper too


19 posted on 01/28/2025 3:28:04 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: BenLurkin

Bus fair for the ride home is too generous.


20 posted on 01/28/2025 3:28:48 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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