If you’re an American federal employee and got an email saying “it’s ok to quit your job.” Do not, for the love of everything, quit your job. This is purely a scare tactic to get rid of as many people as possible without legal consequences.
Obviously, Trump has realized firing everyone in the government will be harder than he thought because of robust legal protections so he’s trying to scare or trick people into leaving instead because he knows they can block and slow his fascist agenda. Don’t let that happen. If you’re in the civil service, your country needs you; stay in your job and protect the constitution. And if you’re not in civil service, do what you can to support the civil service, including calling your representatives and asking them to protect civil servants.
Remember that this man is infamous for NOT PAYING HIS BILLS. He has countless contractors suing him for non-payment. So if he offers you money to quit? Don’t fall for it. You’ll never see a dime.
Gonna drop the recent entry from Ask A Manager to federal workers here:
Media needs to stop calling it a ‘buyout’. It isn’t. There is no authority to pay people to leave like this, it’s all BS. Administrative leave is capped at 80 hours in most cases. The current max cap for a voluntary separation incentive is $25,000 (before taxes) which it has been since the 90s. And it requires their agency to apply for it, as does voluntary early retirement.
To top it off, the government is under a continuing resolution that expires in March. Then there is no money at all until either a budget is approved or another CR is passed, so anyone that takes this ‘deferred resignation’ may get hosed because they can change the appropriations bill to just say “Terminating any employee who replied ‘resign’”. Will it hold up in court? Probably not but it’s going to take a while to get the day in court so you’ll be S.O.L. until then. Hold the line, they can’t fire feds as easily as they thought.
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