President Donald J. Trump‘s efforts to reduce the federal workforce, especially those working in nonproductive or redundant roles, are continuing apace. On Thursday night, at 8:30 PM, the Office of Personnel Management emailed federal government workers with a Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.) document outlining an earlier announcement from the Trump White House offering buyouts for those looking to leave public employment for the private sector.
The email emphasized that private sector roles typically offer higher levels of pay than federal employment and stressed that workers had until February 6 to determine if they wanted to accept the buyouts. According to the document, federal employees opting to resign could engage in a second job or travel while still receiving government pay for several months prior to their permanent departure.
The National Pulse previously reported that the Trump White House is especially focused on federal workers who are dodging an executive order reinstating in-office work. During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal workers were granted greater leeway regarding working from home and telework—with the Biden government extending these provisions well past the pandemic’s end. These policies, U.S. Senate investigators found, resulted in just six percent of the federal workforce actually working full-time and in person and left the average occupancy rate of a federal office building in Washington, D.C., at around 12 percent.
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