It's less a buyout and more of a "deferred resignation" and federal workers aren't happy about it.

The government’s human resources agency also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.

The White House has introduced a buyout offer for federal employees unwilling to return to in-person work under President Trump’s directive to end remote work policies. With over 2 million federal employees,

"Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration's goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to.

Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office will be offered buyouts Tuesday, a Trump administration official told CNN.

President Donald Trump is offering federal employees the opportunity to accept a buyout and resign if they don't wish to return to in-person work.

An email sent to federal employees offering a 'deferred resignation' echoes a 2022 memo Musk sent to Twitter employees telling them they 'need to be extremely hardcore.'