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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by s3r3nity on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:40AM (#42951099)
These tend to work through in stages: fastest ones to accept were already looking, and next up are those that are on the fence, and so on...

The 8-month buyout offer is significantly better than the one-time offer from Clinton in the 90's [1], even adjusting for inflation, so I'd expect that there's a large group of individuals & families that are just taking the time to evaluate the decision.

[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-buyo...]

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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by leoqa on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:18PM (#42955300)
Interesting precedent thanks for sharing.
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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by umeshunni on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:32PM (#42958718)
Amazing. That offer (and website in general) look and sound identical to what the current administration is proposing.
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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by zerocrates on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:51AM (#42959468)
Well, except that Clinton went to Congress for authorization to make those offers and got a law passed, and didn't do a blanket offer to every employee they could blast out an email to, and did them as actual buyouts rather than extended no-work leave.
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