Trump administration offers buyouts to federal workers

Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night.

Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night. CNN previously reported the buyout offers were expected, according to a Trump administration official and an OPM spokesperson. The administration has ordered federal workers, many of whom had flexible work arrangements following the pandemic, back to the office to work in person. Workers who accept the buyout will need to resign by February 6 and would receive severance paid through September 30. The heads of the federal agencies were told within the last day that this would be coming, the official said. The memo outlining the new policy states that the agency emailed federal employees “on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer.” The email was sent from hr1@opm.gov using the Trump administration’s new mass email system.