The number of federal government employees who have accepted the Trump administration’s buyout offer has increased to approximately 40,000.
Federal employees face a Thursday deadline to accept the resignation offer.
A source told NBC News that the “Office of Personnel Management doesn’t plan to release deferred resignation numbers until after tomorrow’s 11:59 p.m. ET deadline.”
Just in: Over 40,000 federal employees have accepted President Trump’s buyout offer. pic.twitter.com/8xem7CyD3x
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) February 5, 2025
Earlier reports stated that approximately 20,000 federal employees had accepted the offer.
2.3 million employees are eligible for the buyout offer, Forbes noted.
What a HUGE win!
Those who DON’T accept, however, are at high risk of termination with NO PAY in the coming days.
Your choice, bureaucrats. pic.twitter.com/qGOnvn0aKZ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 6, 2025
NBC News reports:
A White House official confirmed the figure.
More than 40K federal workers have taken the resignation buyout, continued
An OPM spokesperson previously told NBC News that resignations were “rapidly growing” after the Trump administration last week made buyout offers to roughly 2 million federal workers.The buyout numbers remain well under an earlier estimate from a senior administration official who said 5% to 10% of those workers were expected to take the offer.
“More than 40,000 federal employees have accepted the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, with the number climbing ahead of tomorrow’s deadline. A White House official confirmed the figure, while the Office of Personnel Management says resignations are ‘rapidly growing,’” Mario Nawfal wrote.
MASS EXODUS: 40,000+ FEDERAL WORKERS TAKE TRUMP’S RESIGNATION BUYOUT
More than 40,000 federal employees have accepted the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, with the number climbing ahead of tomorrow’s deadline.
A White House official confirmed the figure,… https://t.co/ih2PFvk70L pic.twitter.com/weNKJLPipj
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 5, 2025
Per Forbes:
Trump is reportedly planning mass layoffs among those who don’t take the buyouts, CNN reported Tuesday, citing two unnamed administration officials.
The CIA—which was exempt from the initial offer—extended the buyout option to all of its employees on Tuesday and will also implement a hiring freeze, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Office of Personnel Management announced in a memo posted to its website and in a mass email to federal employees that all full-time federal civilian staffers had the option of taking buyouts by Feb. 6 that would allow them to be paid, with benefits, through Sept. 30.
“The majority of federal agencies are likely to be downsized through restructurings, realignments, and reductions in force,” the email stated, warning that a significant number of federal employees would be furloughed or reclassified to “at-will,” making them easier to fire.
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