Feds shouldn't take ‘deferred resignation’ offer, warn employee groups, Democrats, experts

Federal-employee groups, Democratic lawmakers, and good-government experts are warning workers not to respond to the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” email, which officials said offered “buyouts” to nearly the entire federal workforce but whose terms more closely resemble extended paid leave before leaving government.By Tuesday morning, a consensus had emerged among unions and other federal employee associations: Don’t take the deal