Trump buyout: resign by Feb 6, get paid until Sept 30

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a government employee but if my company offered this I’d accept in a heartbeat!!

If you are a few years away from full retirement, it makes sense to stick around until then.

[Anonymous]

The only people I can see where it might be worth taking this offer are the probational employees who are on the list. I don’t think they can trust that they will be able to continue to receive their paycheck while not having to work much, giving them cushion to job hunt, but since everything else we’ve heard has come to fruition it seems like they’re getting fired anyway. Might as well take the option that may give them a cushion. It might not, they might just get fired in the end anyway but the possibility is better than nothing. Like Pascal’s wager.

[Anonymous]

So many people at my VA facility in a very red area aren’t understanding that what is being offered isn’t possible in the federal workforce. They don’t get that this is coming from Elon Musk who doesn’t know how anything works. It’s pissing me off that leadership won’t say this plainly or at least advise that no one should choose this option before consulting an attorney.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a government employee but if my company offered this I’d accept in a heartbeat!!

Indeed.

That wouldn't be very smart. It's not a buyout. There's no cash. There's no guarantee of employment through September. It's not being offered by a Government Employee let alone one with contracting authority. No funds have been appropriated for it. And it potentially waives bargained severence benefits as well as making one ineligible for unemployment compensation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who sent the email don't know how government works. Government employees know a lot about government benefits and forms and aren't going to up and quit without a lot more formal explanation and paperwork. The only ones who are going to leave are the ones who are eligible to retire between now and September anyhow, the ones who are truly remote and RTO would be basically impossible, and the ones who would be quitting in the next couple of months for other reasons. They are definitely not going to get 5-10% of the workforce (which sucks for everyone else, it probably means they will definitely fire all the provisional employees, for example, to boost the numbers they will want to crow about).

Not verified, but I heard that trump set a team to OPM, and they installed a drive, send the emails from OPM’s servers, and then left. This email did not come directly from and was not cleared by OPM.

troll

Pp. someone who claims to work at OPM just posted a new thread with more details about this. I heard this second hand, which I why I said “not verified”. Once the press can verify, look for it in the news.

[Anonymous]

As we’ve been saying, this isn’t a buyout and it’s a crappy offer.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1CmY7lZJaGZx2ofWAQBmTimKPs0ZalAs7t-4ftvsuCEUPD1wHrDuIJH40_aem_npVs-jXIpLTR3jvWJ4Y6Zg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people at my VA facility in a very red area aren’t understanding that what is being offered isn’t possible in the federal workforce. They don’t get that this is coming from Elon Musk who doesn’t know how anything works. It’s pissing me off that leadership won’t say this plainly or at least advise that no one should choose this option before consulting an attorney.

Our leadership told us to sit put and not reply to any of these emails.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone received solid guidance on how to evaluate this offer? If so, please share. I am retirement eligible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received solid guidance on how to evaluate this offer? If so, please share. I am retirement eligible.

The only benefit you get is full time work from home and resigning instead of retiring might cause some complication.

[Anonymous]

My office has said I do not have to work.

[Anonymous]

I am concerned about the use of the word resign though

[Anonymous]

Don't do it it's likely a scam just like everything else

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people at my VA facility in a very red area aren’t understanding that what is being offered isn’t possible in the federal workforce. They don’t get that this is coming from Elon Musk who doesn’t know how anything works. It’s pissing me off that leadership won’t say this plainly or at least advise that no one should choose this option before consulting an attorney.

If they trust those jokers, then who’s to say they would listen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only people I can see where it might be worth taking this offer are the probational employees who are on the list. I don’t think they can trust that they will be able to continue to receive their paycheck while not having to work much, giving them cushion to job hunt, but since everything else we’ve heard has come to fruition it seems like they’re getting fired anyway. Might as well take the option that may give them a cushion. It might not, they might just get fired in the end anyway but the possibility is better than nothing. Like Pascal’s wager.

I don’t think so, not unless you have performance issues. My agency is already short staffed and we hire really good people. I think my agency (even headed by a Republican) will try to keep probationary employees and make any reductions in staff through actual early retirement programs, normal attrition, and a hiring freeze. We’re also an older agency so plenty will retire in the next few years anyway.

The only rationale for taking this is if you already were out the door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received solid guidance on how to evaluate this offer? If so, please share. I am retirement eligible.

Why not just retire versus resign?