US EditionAbout 154,000 Federal Workers Took Trump Administration Buyouts: Report
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – The Trump administration's program pays over 154,000 federal workers for months after resignation to reduce workforce size, costing an estimated $21.7 billion, Senate Democrats report.
- About 154,000 federal employees have accepted buyouts from the Trump administration, amounting to 6.7% of the civilian federal workforce, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- The buyout program, initially launched by Elon Musk, was part of efforts to reduce the federal workforce.
- The Office of Personnel Management confirmed the buyout figure and called it a cost-saving measure.
- Don Moynihan stated that the turnover rate is not normal due to large-scale reductions in force.
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Since May, thousands of former federal agency employees have been paid without attending the office.
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Zero HedgeAbout 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.
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…
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