Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.
Someone on reddit pointed out there's an OPM rule that makes max payout at something like $25k. Let me go dig it up real quick.
Because that means a lot of people wouldn't get paid the full amount and Trump is absolutely the kind of person who would use shit like that as an excuse to not keep paying out. I wouldn't trust this deal because based on stuff like this it doesn't pass the sniff test.
Apologies for (slight retch) a reddit link:
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Per OPM, the federal government can't legally pay more than $25k, pre-tax. This is another scam. Trump is the literal master of grift. You think he's gonna make good on this debt after years of not paying his bills?
Edit: Source below
Because that means a lot of people wouldn’t get paid the full amount and Trump is absolutely the kind of person who would use shit like that as an excuse to not keep paying out. I wouldn’t trust this deal because based on stuff like this it doesn’t pass the sniff test.
Musk promised Twitter workers something similar as far as a large payout severance, and reneged on it. source
Yup, that's immediately where my mind went.
It’s also not legal for him to make the offer without Congress allocating the funds and I doubt there’s much enthusiasm for this. And if he just ignores Congress, then he’s a dictator and just won’t pay like he doesn’t pay his legal bills. You’re screwed either way if you take the offer.
I suspect this is just a scheme to identify people who aren’t loyal to Trump so they can be sidelined and/or fired.
No one that wasn't retiring anyway is going to take it.
If I were past the retirement threshold, I would probably take this. If I were so burnt out that I could barely cope, I would probably take this. If I were dying and it wouldn’t affect my family’s benefits, I would probably take this.
But in all other cases, you know what I would do? I would reach out to HR and start having the discussions with them. I’d get those “efficiency” wolves salivating at the chance to vacate my position. I’d ask questions, I’d have trouble with the paperwork, highlight certain lines in the agreement where I needed more assurance and clarification. I’d inject additional terms…I mean really gum up the works. I’d occupy as much of their time as they’d give me.
And when it was finally time to sit down and sign, I’d rip it all up, right there in front of whomever I could get an audience with and tell ‘em I changed my mind. And then I’d do it all over again 3 months later.
You must have missed the details in the article. OPM has listed on their website under 'fork'. The deadline for acceptance is 6 Feb, and the resignation will be effective at the end of September. There is no back and forth with HR; you simply reply to their email with the word 'resign' or you don't and remain employed until the loyalty police come around.
Shrinking the government by spending lots of money sounds like a terrible idea.
Not if you don’t intend to pay it.
Perfect for the GOP
I can make things worse?? I CAN MAKE TWO THINGS WORSE???!!!
Wdym? It lowered my cost of living and increased the length of my penis by an inch!
/s
Sounds like a terrible idea for you
I've seen a copy of the email. The offer also leaves it open for the agency to keep making the person work, so it's not a clear-cut "paid administrative leave" situation. Even if it were, there is no way they'd keep it going through the date they claim; they'd make up some reason to cut people off.
I'm about 95% certain this is a trap to get rid of what will probably primarily be federal employees who dislike Trump. The other 5% is still trying to figure out how the hell to get off this train.
The short version of the email is "If you agree ahead of time to resign in September, you can work from home until then." So, if you get another job in the meantime or give them reason to fire you, they'll stop paying you.
Trap, Elon did this to his workers, and never paid
What’s going to be the impact of all these workers giving up their jobs in 10 months? Probably flood the labor market, reduce consumer spending, tank the economy.
Brilliant way to destroy government. I wouldn't have thought of this in my evilest mind. Bravo. Capitalism regulating government. Delightful.
The best option is probably take them up on that offer as soon as possible and start looking for a different job.
If you don't take the offer you will be fired anyway just later when the jobs are already filled outside.
You’ll never actually get the money. Trump doesn’t have a slush fund he can use for this. Congress would have to allocate funding and they almost certainly won’t. Or he’s basically a dictator and just won’t pay like he doesn’t pay his lawyers and contractors.
They’re probably just trying to identify people who aren’t loyal to Trump so they can sideline or fire them. They don’t give a shit if some liberal gets scammed. I mean, Trump scams his own supporters. You think he gives a shit about scamming a liberal?
Meanwhile the federal government is running on a skeleton crew and millions of people get screwed over or go hungry or die.
The wording of the agreement was basically "in exchange for agreeing to quit in September, you can keep working from home." You are expected to keep working and if you get another job they'll stop paying you. Not as generous a deal as the headlines make it sound, but still may be the best choice for some people, especially people who expect to get let go anyway.
Trump Doesn't Pay. He never does unless forced. Even then he still doesn't half the time.
If i were them I'd leave, fuck Trump
If your morals are for sale, especially at such a low price, then you have no morals. These jobs are important. Many of the roles would be filled again, but with sycophants who will do everything they can to hurt marginalized groups of people.
If you really believe in "fuck trump" then you should be on board with people remaining at their post to reject and refuse illegal orders.
The whole point is to not fill them.
That's easy to say when it's not you that has to deal every day with what abruptly became a very shitty workplace. "Fighting the good fight" from the bureaucracy will only serve to slow things down, and while there is value in that, it's not going to stop or reverse America's slide into fascism. You have no right to judge people who opt to try and be happy with a better job elsewhere.
I’m not sure they’d see the seven months of pay.
So he can hire a loyalist willing to commit treason instead? Nah, fuck that.
I bet there's a pool of about 1500 recently pardoned traitors who are about to receive unconditional job offers.
