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From NBC News: President Donald Trump’s administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5%-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
“American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees, and therefore deserve employees working on their behalf who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “If they 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.”
The offer is set to go out to the federal workforce through a new system the Trump administration set up that gives officials the ability to email all federal employees at once.
The report explains that a draft resignation letter will be included in the email. Any federal employee who wishes to accept the offer can simply reply with the word “resign.”
The resignation offer is effective starting Tuesday, and will last through February 6.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits, an official says. https://t.co/QRqkkiKsN3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 28, 2025
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