About 154,000 Federal Workers Took Trump Administration Buyouts: Report

We Finally Have An Idea Of How Many Federal Workers Trump Has Pushed Out

Making employees miserable has helped the administration push them out the door through deferred resignation and early retirement programs.

About 154,000 Workers Accepted Trump Administration Buyouts

Some 154,000 workers accepted buyouts offered by the Trump administration, an official said on Aug. 1. A spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed the number, which represents about 6.4 percent of the government workforce, in an email to The Epoch Times. Starting shortly after President Donald Trump took office, the government told workers they could receive eight months of paid leave for not working if they left their …

More than 150,000 federal workers accepted Trump’s resignation incentives - West Hawaii Today

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is paying about 154,000 employees not to work as a result of novel resignation incentives offered to federal workers since Inauguration Day, the government’s human resources arm said Thursday.

154K Federal Workers Took Trump Buyout Offers, Source Says

154K Federal Workers Took Trump Buyout Offers, Source Says

Mass Federal Workforce Exodus: A Reshaped Government Landscape

Mass Federal Workforce Exodus: A Reshaped Government Landscape Roughly 154,000 federal employees accepted buyouts in 2023, marking a significant effort by the Trump administration to trim the nation's workforce. The voluntary departures, comprising about 6.7% of the civilian federal workforce, stem from a program initiated by Elon Musk, a former adviser to President Donald Trump.The surprising exodus, as first covered by the Washington Post, rem…

154,000 federal workers who took DOGE buyouts are being paid to go fishing

The government has generated an estimated $14.8 billion in waste on the deferred resignation program, a new report says