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Millions of U.S. government workers face a Thursday deadline to tell the Trump administration whether they will accept a buyout offer or remain in their jobs, but still face the possibility of being thrown out of work if they decide to stay.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive drive to reduce the size of the government in a matter of weeks is unprecedented. It has caused turmoil in the U.S. capital, and sparked protests and union warnings that it may violate multiple laws.
More than 40,000 federal employees had accepted the buyout offer as of Wednesday night, according to a source. More
Update: Federal Judge Suspense Deadline for Buyout. Hearings on the matter will be held Monday next week. Here
Of course some piece of shit DC judge interfered illegally.
I wonder if many of those who chose the buyout are already scheduled for retirement and full pensions occurring within the specified time frame, and if anything will be done to claw back the buyout in those cases.
@Abigail
I don’t believe people who had already started the retirement process are eligible.
A good friend and major MAGA supporter was planning her retirement for later this year. She signed up for this buyout, which will extend her pay a few months past her planned (but not announced) retirement date. She is a DOD engineer who developed crucial defense related systems since 1986. She is a hard worker (easily one of the 20% in the gubmint 80/20 employee distribution).
I don’t blame her one bit. This happens in private industry quite often – people who were planning retirement are given “early out” packages during layoffs to clear them off the books.
For God’s sake offer the same deal to any sitting Senator or congress critter plus a full pardon so long as they vamoose themselves and never be allowed a Top Security Security Clearance or work for government or any entity that receives government funding.
@ AbigailAdams THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2025, 18:32 AT 6:32 PM
Small potatoes. Let it go. To focus on the flaws in something that will yield such rewards is counterproductive. That concern shrinks to insignificance when looked at in the broader context. I don’t like, but I accept it.
Trump tried to be a nice guy. Just terminate them now. And thank the judge for saving the tax payers some money. Stupid fuck.
“I wonder if many of those who chose the buyout are already scheduled for retirement”
A legit concern. You just know they’ll try and abuse this to no end. But in the long run, better off with out them. But like I said above, time to eliminate their positions.
The idiots are taking the bait. Trump and Musk, Tom Homan are daring the idiot left to engage on issues in which the country is 80/20 on board with MAGA. They are pretty slow on the uptake, but they have been able to bully their way around for so long that they don’t know if they should winding their shoes or tying their watch.
The ones that DO NOT deserve an extended courtesy will receive it and the tax-payer will suffer a little more.
The most important factor is: get rid of the low-life, anti-American, commie loving pieces-of-shit so we can be done with them.
Some agencies (like the SSA – the social security agency) were exempt.
It’s also my understanding “early retirement” or VERA was being offered.
I used to see this all the time at the company I worked for; a lot of the old timers (40 yrs plus service) would wait for a buyout to retire. The company would usually offer one week of severance pay for every year of service, sometimes some sort of health insurance deal. They offered two weeks pay for every year of service one time and it was a stampede for the doors.
Its not “small potatoes” if the majority of the 40K are already scheduled for retirement. That’s why I was wondering. To know the breakdown would offer some data on whether or not the buyout hit its mark…or not. The press secy said the WH expects the numbers to rise. I hope Trump publishes the results.
Just read that little Marco is keeping 294 of the 14000 at USAID.
I looked up the average salary of USAID and it’s $112,258, so unless my math is wrong, that’s a little over $1.5 billion saved a year.