They are going to be stuck rehiring people that resign as consultants because they won't have the people to run the legally required programs in place.
It will end up costing more money for the government.
I have little hope that the people that actually vote will even remember how fucked all this is two years from now.
Most federal civilian employees are now on a 401(k) equivalent.
Air Traffic likes to mention how they are one of the ones left with a pension, but clearly, nothing is guaranteed.
I’m pretty sure the idea is to get rid of dissenters in an easy and legal way, while keeping those like-minded individuals who will toe the line.
I think the idea is to scare dissenters into quitting, because otherwise their position may get downsized otherwise and they lose out on any benefits and pension.
"legally required programs"? What law? Show me where that matters. Who will enforce such laws when all of the people running these programs are gone?
I know why Trump appeals to so many people. He's the politician/business who acknowledged that rules are made up by fallible humans and can be re-written. The problem is, when we have similar politicians on the left who try to break the system for the working class the liberals agree that it's terrible in the same way that they agree that trump is terrible, but the oligarchs don't see an avenue for profit and so they fight against them as well.
It's as simple as you need people to actually enforce laws and carry out programs laid out by Congress.
I don't think you understand how laws work. The laws I work to to support were promulgated in the 1970s after rivers were lighting on fire.
They are complicated to enforce because the companies that cause environmental harm can afford high powered attorneys and lobbyists to prevent them from being enforced.
There is no one working on behalf of the american people to try to meet the intent of many of these laws we rely on - such as those to keep our environment, air we breathe, water we drink, relatively safe. Other than those in the government that have the authority to do so.
I don't know how all of the other various agencies work specifically, but that's generally what people are doing in the government
You don't seem to understand this so you don't value it. I think once it gets more fucked up, you will. This isn't a liberal or conservative thing. The laws I work with were put on the books by Nixon. This is a rich stealing from you issue. Not left/right.
The official email reads more as you keep doing your job as you have been through the end of the fiscal year and you can resign. We won't fire you before that. If you don't voluntarily resign we might fire you before that. Isn't a guaranteed 8 months of work better than being fired in three months.
Putin's (very) useful idiot is now in the process of completing his work destroying the US federal government. Hope state governments can pick up the slack, because they'll have to.
EDIT: And, surprise! Red states are more dependent on federal funding than blue states are.
I'm guessing most Federal workers aren't stupid enough to believe Trump would actually pay the buyout amount. Especially after Presidential "advisor" Elon failed to pay Twitter severance.
As a federal employee, you have a very optimistic view of most federal employees. Theres a sizeable number that will happily slob the knob if the orange one told them to.
Someone on reddit pointed out there’s an OPM rule that makes max payout at something like $25k. Let me go dig it up real quick.
Because that means a lot of people wouldn’t get paid the full amount and Trump is absolutely the kind of person who would use shit like that as an excuse to not keep paying out. I wouldn’t trust this deal because based on stuff like this it doesn’t pass the sniff test.
Per OPM, the federal government can’t legally pay more than $25k, pre-tax. This is another scam. Trump is the literal master of grift. You think he’s gonna make good on this debt after years of not paying his bills?
It's not actually a buyout. It's a promise to pay them exactly how much they would make to work for 6 more months and then quit. But they can't quit before then. Also they need to let them know by next week. Also also, there will be no additional severance pay.
This is going to save so much money guys. Nevermind that they'll likely end up rehiring most of these folks at higher rates when they realize they don't know the code for the fax machine.
Says who? Under the US legal system, anything is legal if the SCOTUS agrees with it. If Trump declared himself Führer tomorrow they'd validate that as constitutional. At this point suing the US government for its blatantly unconstitutional acts is merely a delaying tactic.
Americans must stop twiddling their thumbs while expecting Trump's DoJ/SCOTUS/congress to work for the American people and start resisting because the key institutions have already fallen to fascism.
This kind of stupid blanket approach tells you that we have idiots running this country who have no idea what these workers are actually doing, nor what the impact will be of them resigning on the well being and national security of the country.
Anyone with a conscience is going to be purged anyway. Either that, or they'll be asked to do unforgiveable things. Better to just take the cash and leave with your soul intact.