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(162,489 posts) Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:36 AM Sep 28

US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Sun 28 Sep 2025 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Sun 28 Sep 2025 07.01 EDT

The Trump administration is set to oversee the largest mass resignation in US history on Tuesday, with more than 100,000 federal workers set to formally quit as part of the latest wave of its deferred resignation program. With Congress facing a deadline of Tuesday to authorize more funding or spark a government shutdown, the White House has also ordered federal agencies to draw up plans for large-scale firings of workers if the partisan fight fails to yield a deal.

Workers preparing to leave government as part of the resignation program – one of several pillars of Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce – have described how months of “fear and intimidation” left them feeling like they had no choice but to depart.

“Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they’re scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave,” a longtime employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) told the Guardian. “That’s why I left.”

The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months, according to a Senate Democrats’ report in July.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/us-mass-resignation-federal-workers

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US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 28 OP

What we are witnessing is the systematic destruction of America. Doodley Sep 28 #1

Agree. It is deliberate and hateful, but we have become a country of hate. Lonestarblue Sep 28 #2

This is the culmination of an entire history of hate... ananda Sep 28 #4

Yes we thought we had eradicated the cancer with the Civil War. Irish_Dem Sep 28 #29

I thought we had it with Civil Rights. ananda Sep 28 #34

And women's rights, ecology, etc. Irish_Dem Sep 28 #37

Unfortunately, there seems to be no low that is too low for this country mdbl Sep 28 #46

Burning America to the Ground has always been "their goal." Botany Sep 28 #12

Not just Trump and Putin, but the entire array of right-wing bolsheviks lined up behind him JHB Sep 28 #21

"They" are planning on and working for the deaths of millions worldwide. Botany Sep 28 #31

You're not wrong. ananda Sep 28 #35

Watch them produce a crisis to give Trump & company more power and make crypto the coin of the realm Botany Sep 28 #41

Yup. Choir here. ananda Sep 28 #44

It looks that way, and if you look at the leadership in each government department, they want to dismantle it. Doodley Sep 28 #32

For eight months ? Yeah, right ! Watch them cut people off after the first check, saying it''s wasteful. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 28 #3

Sadly, you make a good point. taxi Sep 28 #5

It has already been underway at least four months with no such cut offs. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #8

It's difficult to imagine HOW Safe as Milk Sep 28 #20

I don't think they will cancel, but voter suppression is underway: women's "maiden" names and gerrymandering. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #28

And GSA is hiring back many in the first wave underpants Sep 28 #27

So far it's worked as promised. COL Mustard Sep 28 #11

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #23

Congratulations! COL Mustard Sep 28 #25

Thank you! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #26

Huh? The people they're talking about took the deferred resignation option Wiz Imp Sep 28 #36

Vought..."We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected" Leghorn21 Sep 28 #6

I want Russell Vought to be traumatically INfected Seinan Sensei Sep 28 #17

It's about abuse. This guy is a sadist. tetedur Sep 28 #19

I guess not even Bessent can convince tRump that unemployment is not getting better. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #7

When EVERYTHIG falls apart Mossfern Sep 28 #9

There are several groups of federal employees popsdenver Sep 28 #18

If someone took the first DRP they could have left in March COL Mustard Sep 28 #10

My retirement date is 30 Sep... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #24

Talk about waste fraud and abuse? Wiz Imp Sep 28 #38

Yup. It's a total waste of resources. COL Mustard Sep 28 #48

America's enemies love this systematic screwing of Americans IronLionZion Sep 28 #13

They are destroying the US without firing a shot. Irish_Dem Sep 28 #30

I seriously doubt the actual unemployment numbers will make their way into reports. Buddyzbuddy Sep 28 #14

Such reports never really impress people until they're one of the statistics themselves. nt Trueblue Texan Sep 28 #16

False unemployment numbers wouldn't be about the direct impact on people. Buddyzbuddy Sep 28 #51

Please stop. The unemployment data being released is accurate. Wiz Imp Sep 28 #39

That sounds like a very weak barrier, tbh. nt intrepidity Sep 28 #42

🙄So All of the past BLS Commissioners are lying or stupid? Got it. Wiz Imp Sep 28 #54

No, no, no intrepidity Sep 28 #56

I love that you believe the reports can't be manipulated. Buddyzbuddy Sep 28 #50

🙄I wrote a long response but decided to erase it because you're not worth it. Wiz Imp Sep 28 #52

None of what I said was personal but ok. Buddyzbuddy Sep 29 #58

So many words to say absolutely nothing other than to insult me (intentionally or not) Wiz Imp Sep 29 #59

"Being wrong is not a weakness, not admitting it to yourself or others is, when nothing is done to correct it." Buddyzbuddy Sep 29 #60

People who leave volutarily... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #55

You're absolutely correct. Thank you for pointing that out. Buddyzbuddy Sep 29 #57

Republicans have been telling us for years that government doesn't work. cloudbase Sep 28 #15

This is their whole thing, exactly. intrepidity Sep 28 #43

As Col Mustard stated above, I took the first round of DRP absyntheminded Sep 28 #22

That sounds like a good deal. padfun Sep 28 #33

I'm selling my annual (vacation) leave back... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 28 #40

When I retired 8 years ago BumRushDaShow Sep 28 #47

'The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, elleng Sep 28 #45

Joy as Defiance pat_k Sep 28 #49

Agent kra$nov keeps on destroying the US from the inside. Justice matters. Sep 28 #53

I'm sure it's only coincidental that COL Mustard Oct 3 #61