Nick Gioia was terminated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in February as part of President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk’s effort to slash the size and cost of the federal government.
Gioia was then reinstated and placed on paid leave after a court ruling. Now, after a second round of buyout offers were emailed in recent days to government workers in at least half a dozen federal agencies, the U.S. Army veteran decided to take it.
“For some of us, the time has come to step away before this experience completely erodes what remains of our well-being,” Gioia told Reuters.
Several other federal employees told Reuters they are taking this second buyout offer, saying that many civil servants are suffering from nervous exhaustion after three months of chaos and cuts driven by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
are they even getting the money though?
In all seriousness, yes. My wife was basically forced to take the first buyout due to the commute (remember they also removed most remote work). We have been getting paid still.
That being said, I don’t have much faith it’ll continue as long as they promised.
They get the hollow promise to maybe not get sent to a concentration camp in the immediate future (maybe). /s
So far? Yeah, I think so - I’ve heard of many people taking the deal and haven’t heard anything about people not getting the money
I think they’re basically just keeping them on the payroll. Is it legal? Will it continue until September? Who knows