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Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit
CNN ^ | Sat February 1, 2025 | Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh

Posted on 02/01/2025 1:56:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.

When a US Department of Agriculture staffer based in Mississippi received the deferred resignation offer on Tuesday, they read through it, laughing because it was just “nonsensical,” and then deleted it.

“I’ve got my whole entire life invested in the federal government,” said the staffer, who also spent time in the military. “I’m not going to throw everything away.”

Across the United States, multiple federal workers who spoke with CNN said they weren’t willing to sacrifice benefits beyond their salaries – including health and retirement benefits and student loan forgiveness – not to mention careers. They requested their names not be used for fear of retaliation.

Federal workers’ unions quickly lashed out at the deferred resignation offer, stressing that it was not a buyout and that the administration might not be able to follow through on it.

“Employees should not take the Program at face value,” the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workforce union, told members about the offer in an FAQ on Wednesday. The communications from the Office of Personnel Management are “riddled with inconsistencies and uncertainties. It is also unclear whether OPM has the legal authority to support the Program or its alleged benefits, and the eligibility criteria are vague.”

The union warned that the offer contains no guarantees that employees whose resignations are accepted “will receive the benefits that the Program purports to offer.” And it noted that the federal government is only funded through mid-March, so the Trump administration cannot make payment promises beyond then until Congress passes a spending bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: ericbradner; renemarsh; sowhat; tamiluhby; trumpmas
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1 posted on 02/01/2025 1:56:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit

Don't go away mad, just go away.

Actually, no one cares if you're mad - just leave.
2 posted on 02/01/2025 1:58:27 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ Federal workers’ unions quickly lashed out at the deferred resignation offer, stressing that it was not a buyout and that the administration might not be able to follow through on it.”
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The unions’ BIG FEAR? Fewer federal workers means FEWER FEDERAL WORKERS PAYING UNION DUES. LESS MONEY FOR LEFTISTS!


3 posted on 02/01/2025 2:00:15 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Quit or be fired. Nothing confusing about that.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 2:00:16 PM PST by circlecity
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To: MinorityRepublican

Here federal employees will make it REAL simple for you..you get paid by US to show up to work..if you don’t want to show up to work, get your crap and get the fudge out..see, easy peasy


5 posted on 02/01/2025 2:00:21 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MinorityRepublican

If they are confused and unable to understand the offer, they definitely need to go.


6 posted on 02/01/2025 2:00:46 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: MinorityRepublican

Any government worker who accepts the offer is a communist. Any federal worker who refuses the offer is a well disciplined communist.


7 posted on 02/01/2025 2:01:02 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: MinorityRepublican

As Bruce Willis said in Die Hard, “Welcome to the Party”. If you are in the private sector, you have no guarantee of lifetime employment. I’ve been an employee where the business got into financial problems and just shut down, with no severance of any type. Why should federal employees expect to live in some ethereal work world in which no one is laid off, it is almost impossible to get fired, and where the pay and benefits are nonetheless superior to the private sector?


8 posted on 02/01/2025 2:01:13 PM PST by laconic ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Take the offer and leave with cash in your pocket, or get fired, and get shit. How hard is that to understand?


9 posted on 02/01/2025 2:01:15 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If it’s reported on CNN, it’s a lie, probably the opposite.


10 posted on 02/01/2025 2:01:35 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free ( )
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To: mass55th

Most (not all) federal workers work the system to their advantage. Guarantee you those workers that were working remotely put in 20 hrs a week.


11 posted on 02/01/2025 2:04:49 PM PST by Kevin in California (EP)
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To: mass55th

If they’re too dumb to understand the letter, they’re too dumb to be on the job spending yours and my tax dollars. IMO


12 posted on 02/01/2025 2:06:13 PM PST by Equine1952
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"confused"

Surprise! This was an IQ test for Federal Employment.

You're FIRED!

13 posted on 02/01/2025 2:06:47 PM PST by fruser1
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To: MinorityRepublican

Buyouts have happened before — under Bill Clinton in fact.


14 posted on 02/01/2025 2:09:29 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: MinorityRepublican

I doubt Trump offered to quit being president?


15 posted on 02/01/2025 2:09:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: DeplorablePaul

Brilliant. Best post of the day.


16 posted on 02/01/2025 2:10:50 PM PST by Redplum
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To: MinorityRepublican

As I understand it, if you’re unwilling to fulfill Trump’s requirements (RTO, no resistance, etc.), you’re entitled to full pay and bennies until September 30, without even having to work! My last firing, I didn’t even get severance, but that might be because it had “cause.”


17 posted on 02/01/2025 2:10:55 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: House Atreides
LESS MONEY FOR LEFTISTS!

Always a good thing. Everything they do involves grift.

18 posted on 02/01/2025 2:12:18 PM PST by Allegra (It’s MAGA time! )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wait til they hear his offer to “Pack up your s#it and get the hell outta here”...


19 posted on 02/01/2025 2:12:36 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

if this letter of take the buy out or risk being fired is confusing to them, then they don’t seem to have the smarts and reasoning skills to do any job.


20 posted on 02/01/2025 2:13:15 PM PST by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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