Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
Advocates say email sent to 3 million employees offering resignations is dangerous and ‘of questionable legality’
Summary
Federal workers condemned a Trump administration email urging mass resignations, calling it a coercive and legally dubious move influenced by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting approach.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered “deferred resignations” while warning remaining employees of potential layoffs.
Critics, including unions and Democratic lawmakers, warned of widespread disruption to essential services.
The email’s phrasing echoed Musk’s past layoffs at Twitter, raising concerns about the administration’s intentions.
Senator Tim Kaine urged workers not to accept the offer, citing Trump’s history of broken promises.
A person in the Discord I'm part of works for a small department within the Capitol. They said most of the department heads laughed at the email and likened Elon Musk to an idiot trying to rearrange furniture in the dark.
"Rearrange furniture in the dark" is a really funny phrase
It would be a mighty shame if the entire secret service took that buyout and got replaced by Italian plumbers. A mighty shame indeed
Dude, if he gets assassinated and it comes out that the assassin's name is Mario, I may actually develop a belief in god.
Problem is that god is a 13 yo boy, hyperdimensional gamer who is beaten by his step-dad, was rejected by his crush who also happened to be trans and he didn’t know it, and is procrastinating on a book report due in two in-game decades.
It won’t be so funny when he finally gets around to reading The Giver and decides that’d work for this campaign.
Yeah, somehow they're only the green Marios.
They didn't send it to the secret service or the boarder patrol or ICE. I think also the post office didn't get the letter.
I wish there was some shaudenfruede to be had, but there is none.
Border*
Schadenfreude**
Full text of the email, from the source:
IIRC the project 2025 shit included a loyalty test to conservative values and expelling those who don't pass. This feels like the step just before that.
Perhaps Reuters' latest polls, downsizing government is very popular among American people. It is the most popular issue among like 15 issues Reuters poll.
www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-sour-some-trumps-early-moves-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-01-28/