# Buyouts offered to Federal workers **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764 "2025-01-28T22:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/1 "2025-01-28T22:43:17Z")
Offer pay and benefits through September 30th, to anyone who resigns by Feb 6th. > **[Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html)** > > The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide "deferred resignation" program. Steve ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/2 "2025-01-29T00:52:40Z")
What she should have said is "I am a U.S Senator and have been here for 11 years and I have never worked full time in the office the whole time I have been here. The 6 percent she uses is malarkey. Of course most of the people work from home when they must. It’s part of being flexible in the work place. “We’re five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable,” the official said, citing a report from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who co-chairs the congressional [DOGE](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/06/doges-musk-ramaswamy-try-to-sell-congress-on-huge-spending-cuts.html) caucus. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/3 "2025-01-29T01:13:29Z")
> [@steve203](#): > > Offer pay and benefits through September 30th, to anyone who resigns by Feb 6th. One more thing, That is really generous to give them 9 months especially when my company gave me 24 months. Oh hang on 9 is less than 24. ---
**Author:** ![HohumYNWA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/hohumynwa/32/1511_2.png) [@HohumYNWA](https://discussion.fool.com/u/HohumYNWA)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/4 "2025-01-29T01:50:33Z")
@buynholdisdead - It is actually 8 months. And there are some nuances. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/5 "2025-01-29T01:56:57Z")
> [@HohumYNWA](#): > > It is actually 8 months. And there are some nuances. I just saw the email and there isn’t any severance pay. You get to work until September, from home, but must leave after that if you accept it. The media has it all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/6 "2025-01-29T02:49:34Z")
> [@buynholdisdead](#): > > “We’re five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable,” the official said, citing a report from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who co-chairs the congressional [DOGE](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/06/doges-musk-ramaswamy-try-to-sell-congress-on-huge-spending-cuts.html) caucus. Office space costs money. The direction being given is bring everybody back AND sell government buildings. Stupid is as stupid does. [https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/the-federal-rto-crackdown-prompts-a-scramble-for-office-space/91110470](https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/the-federal-rto-crackdown-prompts-a-scramble-for-office-space/91110470) ---
**Author:** ![dividends20](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_gold700.png) [@dividends20](https://discussion.fool.com/u/dividends20)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/7 "2025-01-29T02:52:52Z")
DOGE at work. Delete. Delete. Delete. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/8 "2025-01-29T02:54:00Z")
> [@dividends20](#): > > DOGE at work. Delete. Delete. Delete. The only thing deleted was Ramaswamy and he only was deleted because of President Musk. ---
**Author:** ![dividends20](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_gold700.png) [@dividends20](https://discussion.fool.com/u/dividends20)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/9 "2025-01-29T03:07:03Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/10 "2025-01-29T03:16:58Z")
> [@dividends20](#): > > DOGE at work. Delete. Delete. Delete. The administration came in with great pomp. With promises to drain the big swamp. Through its actions and lies, most realize… It’s very aligned with Mein Kampf. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/11 "2025-01-29T03:24:36Z")
> [@dividends20](#): > > A good start It looks like President Musk is trying to toot his own horn. LOL ---
**Author:** ![dividends20](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_gold700.png) [@dividends20](https://discussion.fool.com/u/dividends20)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/12 "2025-01-29T04:04:37Z")
It is going to be painful for the corrupt and moochers. No mercy. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/13 "2025-01-29T04:40:45Z")
> [@dividends20](#): > > It is going to be painful for the corrupt and moochers. No mercy. I feel sorry for both of our Presidents and their significant others. ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/14 "2025-01-29T05:25:38Z")
> [@dividends20](#): > > No mercy. Nice quote from the show Cobra Kai. Cruelty causes nations to die. Why would you cheer, the bringer of fear? It’s obvious he’s the bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![mostlylong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mostlylong/32/3943_2.png) [@mostlylong](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mostlylong)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/15 "2025-01-29T05:57:31Z")
> [@eldemonio](#): > > > [@dividends20](#): > > > > No mercy > > Nice quote from the show Cobra Kai. > But cruelty causes nations to die. > Why would you cheer, the bringer of fear? > It’s obvious that he’s the bad guy. While it is against board policy to comment on political matters, it would be poor decorum to not recognize art. Maybe political comment should be allowed if done as poetry? Insert critical commentary: “I especially like the blend of a film reference in the first line. Cobra Kai is an alliterative tone setter that foreshadows conflict while recollecting the 1980s as important formative years of the protagonist.“ And, obviously, rap included (again, the 80s). This would almost certainly guarantee civility, and if not that, at least an extra serving of creativity. ---
**Author:** ![ptheland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/ptheland/32/3459_2.png) [@ptheland](https://discussion.fool.com/u/ptheland)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/16 "2025-01-29T07:18:51Z")
> [@mostlylong](#): > > Maybe political comment should be allowed if done as poetry? But is limerick poetry? 🤔 More critical commentary: The rhythm seems a little off. The 8 syllables of the first line is near perfect. But the second line has 9 or 10, and really wants you to choose 9 by going with “cru’lty” and double-timing “causes.” It would feel a bit better to me with one less syllable to get back to 8. The last line suffers from the same problem - one too many syllables for my ear. Can be fixed by shortening to “obv’us”, but still seems a bit off. Still, some very nice work and I’m likely getting too picky. –Peter ---
**Author:** ![dividends20](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_gold700.png) [@dividends20](https://discussion.fool.com/u/dividends20)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/17 "2025-01-29T12:59:27Z")
Delete. Delete. Delete. > ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/18 "2025-01-29T13:50:44Z")
> [@mostlylong](#): > > Maybe political comment should be allowed if done as poetry? It’s more of a social commentary. For example, have you ever watched Back to the Future? (gotta love the 80s…) Did you know anyone who rooted for Biff Tannen? Yeah, me either. > [@ptheland](#): > > Still, some very nice work and I’m likely getting too picky. I appreciate the feedback! Limericks are the classiest of all poetical forms. ---
**Author:** ![UpNorthJoe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/upnorthjoe/32/1083_2.png) [@UpNorthJoe](https://discussion.fool.com/u/UpNorthJoe)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/19 "2025-01-29T13:56:52Z")
I cannot wait to hear DOGE inform the President that his super expensive golf excursions on the taxpayer dime must be eliminated. These trips constitute Remote Work, and DOGE demands that every Federal Employee Must report to the office daily. These trips cause the Secret Service to send large contingents of agents to protect the President, because golf courses are spread out and wide open. Very wasteful spending. I would also like DOGE to investigate any price gouging that has taken place while housing the Secret Service details on these excursions to the President’s golf properties. If you want DOGE to have ANY credibility, please report back when they rein in this wasteful spending. This is low hanging fruit, it should be child’s play for DOGE to eliminate this profligate waste by an undisciplined President. Leadership starts at the top, lets see some. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764/20 "2025-01-29T14:48:06Z")
President Musk is well known for his Fake polls. [Next page](https://discussion.fool.com/t/buyouts-offered-to-federal-workers/112764.md?page=2)