On January 28, 2025, the Trump administration used its new communication system to send a mass email to over 2 million federal employees offering a buyout.

In a bold move to reshape the federal workforce, the Trump administration is offering a severance package equivalent to seven months of salary for employees who choose to resign by February 6.

The lack of a legal underpinning for the purported eight-month severance package, and Elon Musk’s history of offering—and then revoking—severance payments have many federal workers wary of the measure.

The Trump administration is offering federal workers a "deferred resignation" option, including a severance package of about eight months' pay and benefits. The plan aims to shrink the federal workforce while providing an exit for employees who feel misaligned with the administration,

President Trump continued his crusade to thin out the federal bureaucracy by offering all 3 million federal workers eight months’ salary in exchange for resigning from their positions.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is offering incentives for nearly all civilian federal workers to resign and warned of plans to shrink the size of the government. The "deferred resignation program" would allow federal employees to remain on the payroll through Sept.