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.

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 is planning to offer buyouts to federal workers who work remotely and choose not to return to the office.

This article was first published on nbcnews.com on Jan. 28, 2025, 3:30 PM MST / Last Updated Jan. 28, 2025, 3:37 PM MST:

The Trump administration says it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed

Employees have until Feb. 6 to decide whether to take the buyouts offered by OPM or return to the office— in most cases, five days a week.

Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.