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With Painful Layoffs Ahead, Agencies Push Incentives to Quit
The New York Times ^ | April 2, 2025 | Eileen Sullivan

Posted on 04/02/2025 4:24:27 AM PDT by cgbg

Federal agencies have accelerated their efforts to cut thousands of jobs, offering buyouts and eliminating entire offices as the Trump administration’s deadline to downsize approaches.

At least six federal agencies have in recent days extended a “deferred resignation” offer that was originally pitched to government workers in January as a one-time opportunity that would allow employees to resign but continue to be paid for a period of time.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: employees; federal; layoffs
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This is the "carrot" in the carrot and stick toolkit to slash the number of civilian employees.

The benefit of the carrot is that employees who take the deal have done so voluntarily and sign away their rights to take the administration to court.

This is a part of the administration's "do everything all at once" approach to reducing the size of government.

1 posted on 04/02/2025 4:24:27 AM PDT by cgbg
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To: cgbg

The article is free—some lefty already bought it so it is ok to click on it—no money goes to the lefties on the New York Times.


2 posted on 04/02/2025 4:25:23 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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One major fallacy in the article is the argument that federal wages are just a small part of the budget.

While technically correct it is highly misleading.

Federal employees generate tons of rules and regulations that cripple private sector productivity.

In addition they administer all the grants and contracts to institutions that are leftist power centers and work twenty four/seven to take away our liberties.

Reducing federal employees crushes DEI, LGBT, “climate change” garbage etc etc etc.

This is about power.

When we cut federal employees we get more power and the left gets less.


3 posted on 04/02/2025 4:31:06 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: cgbg

BTTT


4 posted on 04/02/2025 4:34:58 AM PDT by nopardons
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When we cut federal employees we get more power and the left gets less.

A good, but temporary reprieve. Another President can add them back in.

Until Congress acts to pass legislation doing away with organizations and agencies, it’s still a threat.

You know - the Congress that was adjourned until next week and that can’t pass spending bills using Regular Order.

5 posted on 04/02/2025 4:48:54 AM PDT by Fury
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To: cgbg

Thousands of things are a small part of the overall budget. That means we can’t do anything about anything. No matter how small if things are not needed, get rid of them.


6 posted on 04/02/2025 5:14:18 AM PDT by pas
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To: pas

Parasites always get squirmy when they are discovered and treated for removal.


7 posted on 04/02/2025 5:20:13 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: cgbg

The gambit is standard procedure in American Industry. Among other things, it allows drunks and dead wood to leave before being fired for cause.


8 posted on 04/02/2025 5:29:54 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: hal ogen

If the interest rates dropped, all the retiring senior Federal employees could sell their DC homes for a higher price it would be a boom.


9 posted on 04/02/2025 5:36:51 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Fury

The enemy is always a threat—no matter what we do.

That is why you do what you can when you can...and celebrate each victory...and move on to the next victory.


10 posted on 04/02/2025 5:43:14 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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That’s exactly why they are so angry.


11 posted on 04/02/2025 6:15:46 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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To: Fury

Temporary has a way of becoming permanent.


12 posted on 04/02/2025 6:18:49 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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Excellent comment.

Worrying about what Congress is doing this week is like this.....

An Amish village is working together to build a house for a neighbor—since their old house burnt to the ground.

In the background if you listen carefully you can hear the toddlers playing and screaming in a house down the street.

The adult villagers are the hard working members of the administration.

The toddlers are Congress!


13 posted on 04/02/2025 6:24:08 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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I’ll take the Amish toddlers over the current congress anytime.


14 posted on 04/02/2025 6:31:27 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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According to the article “At the health department, for example, less than 1 percent of its spending goes to staff.” at 82,000 employees at 150,000 per year including bennies = 12,300,000,000 with total budget 1,230,000,000,000


15 posted on 04/02/2025 6:45:38 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Mrs. VanShuyten is still waiting for her early retirement offer.


16 posted on 04/02/2025 6:51:53 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable anima)
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Layoffs aren’t painful. Biden increased federal employment from 2.1 million to 3 million. Trump can cut the federal workforce by a third and he would just be cutting jobs that were created in the past two years. This is all propaganda.


17 posted on 04/02/2025 7:01:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Here is an article that drills down agency by agency with a chart of Biden administration actions for each agency:

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/see-where-and-how-biden-grew-federal-workforce/401945/


18 posted on 04/02/2025 7:11:13 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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”as the Trump administration’s deadline to downsize approaches”

What deadline? If there is a short deadline, they should have fired millions by now (or reassigned them to combat).

19 posted on 04/02/2025 7:32:11 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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Agreed—there is no one “deadline”.

Every agency has a different “path” to massive cuts.


20 posted on 04/02/2025 7:35:35 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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