President Trump Issues Ultimatum For Federal Workers

President Trump informed the federal workforce that they must show up to the office for work.

If not, they “will be terminated.”

“If they don’t agree by February 6 to show up back to work in their office, they will be terminated,” Trump said.

“We will, therefore, be downscaling our government,” he added.

“We think a very substantial number of people will not show up to work and therefore our government will get smaller and more efficient. And that’s what we’ve been looking to do for many, many decades frankly,” Trump noted.

WATCH:

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “We have informed the federal workforce that if they are working for the federal government, they must show up to the office on time and on schedule… If they don’t agree by February 6 to show up back to work in their office, they will be terminated.” pic.twitter.com/Kvu9ghYpvn

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 29, 2025

From The Hill:

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) began sending emails to federal workers Tuesday evening offering what amounts to a buyout if they do not intend to return to work in person later this year.

The message informed workers that they can retain benefits and be paid through September if they hand in their resignation by Feb. 6. The email also indicated that continuing to remain in service amid the return to office work did not guarantee employment — a nod to multiple Trump efforts to shrink the workforce.

“We don’t want them to work from home, because as everyone knows, most of the time they’re not working,” Trump claimed Wednesday. “They’re not very productive. And it’s unfair to the millions of people in the United States who are in fact working hard from job sites and not from home.”

Wow.

Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout option. They will get full pay until September 30th if they resign before February 6th.

“We’re five years past COVID and just 6% of federal employees work full-time in office.”https://t.co/RYiCwJGjeM

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) January 28, 2025

Per Axios:

Employees who wish to resign were told: “1) Select “Reply” to this email. You must reply from your government account. A reply from an account other than your .gov or .mil account will not be accepted. 2) Type the word “Resign” into the body of this reply email. Hit “Send.”

The subject line, and some of the wording, echoed an email Elon Musk sent to Twitter employees in 2022 giving them a similar ultimatum: to either leave, or stay and become “hardcore,” The Verge points out.

Musk himself appeared to acknowledge this in a post on X Tuesday evening.

“The government-wide email being sent today is to make sure that all federal workers are on board with the new administration’s plan to have federal employees in office and adhering to higher standards. We’re five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable,” a senior administration official tells Axios.

The White House expects 5% to 10% of federal employees to accept the offer, which would potentially mean hundreds of thousands of people.

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