2 San Antonio federal employees speak about Trump's looming layoffs

Federal employees have until Feb. 6 to decide if they want to take the buyout.

[@DeVincey]

Why are these reporters having a difficult time reading?

[@Thr33-Quarters]

DEI

[@cyndimoring9389]

@@Thr33-Quarters translation: they're women? so is your mother.

[@ThatsPurdeeNeet-i4h]

......they are taught to talk, not read, at the Girl Reporter College.....

[@DrDavidBonnarIII-pd2qd]

Because they are democrats.Ask them to say Plutocracy.

[@SunniNomad]

Our education system is horrible. Most newscasters, men or women, are put on the air because they're "pretty" not intelligent.

[@bethmcgill5944]

Restored accountability....my ass. This move is to dismiss the current work force and replace them with those vetted by project 2025 for lotalty to trump and their cause.

[@heyjia5]

The jealousy is thick in here! I stand with the Federal Employees! These comments are why the oligarchs will continue to have their control. Yall can’t even practice class consciousness b/c of your jealousy. 😂😂

[@Jay-nc7vk]

You may stand with them, but you are in the minority! We are not jealous. We just want our tax dollars maximized.

[@heyjia5]

@ naw yall are jealous. And im not the minority. Harris won 75 mill votes & we stand with these people. Trump only had 2 million more votes. No, you ghouls aren’t the majority. That doesn’t even include the 90 million who don’t vote. Many of them also support these folks. Even your maga folks are having jobs rescinded due to freeze & about to be jobless behind this foolishness. Most people screaming about their tax dollars barely have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. that’s not the fault of the feds but oligarchs, the business class. This admin is to enrich the RICH not the average American. I get it MAGA thinks they are all temporarily embarrassed millions. Yall are about to feel a world of economic pain. Unfortunately, the rest of us have to deal with this crap too.

[@dianecaldwell6840]

Hate is real! Watch how it shows up in ALLforms Sad. Help us Jesus!!

[@slipspectrum9253]

People can’t seem to understand that work output can be measured. Work is still getting done, more of it actually because they don’t have the commute and distractions. Money is being saved because office electricity is not being used. Lights and HVAC are off. The workers pay for their own electricity and internet. They are not compensated for it. Telework requires an agreement that work will continue, and you will be closely monitored, or you can be forced back to the office or fired. Remote monitoring software is being used to spy on these employees work habits. It’s watched far more closely than in the office. A lot of government work is computer based. Like accounting and records keeping. It’s not an assembly line… Experienced employees are leaving the government on retirement and they aren’t even hiring to attrition. If you think your wait at the VA or SS hotlines is long now. Just wait a few months… You’ll be dead and gone before you get through.

[@JerryOrman-mg3ih]

normal people have to go in to work,oh boy,They work for us ,our country,time to get up and do something

[@aggiesce]

Why do you assume they aren't working hard and doing their jobs?

[@patrisio3]

But for many, going back just means going back to getting to work at 8AM (if no incident happens during the commute that makes people late) only to team up and go get coffee or breakfast at a business walking distance away, lots of chatting (at water coolers, hallways, stairwells, cubes/personal offices), not doing as much work because of bandwidth congestion that’s making applications slow, going to lunch at nearby restaurants that takes 70-80 mins, leaving the office 30 mins early to get to a nearby Happy Hour, and turning the computer off at 5PM never to be on it again until the next day. All of that doesn't happen at the house. For people in fields that are project-based, it just means going back to 40 hour workweeks instead of 50+ working from home (no one is going to be working past 8PM anymore when they have to commute home and get up the next day to dress and commute back). That has happened to a lot of companies in the private sector and that will happen to a good number of federal agencies.

[@LonewolfJuan]

​@@aggiesce because if they were valuable they wouldn't be losing their jobs now would they?

[@LonewolfJuan]

​@@patrisio3 if that's a days work as you describe it they don't deserve a job. Simple

[@JustPOC]

@@patrisio3 I'm not seeing the problem here. Going from 50+hrs/week to 40hrs? That's a good cut. There are very few gov agencies we actually need. I really can't think of any, but I'm sure there's at least one that functions as intended and isn't just wasting tax dollars so they can ask for budget increases in the next fiscal year.

[@LeeGun-q5i]

AM. TAKEN. THE. MONEY. THAN. APPLYING. FOR. A. NATHER. JOB. 😂😂😂

[@robertp6979]

Go to work or get fired.

[@tracyholmes9193]

they do work, they just work from home. Studies have shown that the time saved with commuting, parking, etc. is valuable. Sitting in traffic, or on a train is a waste of good time.

[@markdegloria4038]

​@@tracyholmes9193😂 Nope 👎 get your ass to work or get fired. A society that wants to be coddled like babies will not succeed.

[@Katndhat]

​@@tracyholmes9193Nobody made them take those jobs! We all have to commute for work!

[@BudTuggly69]

@tracyholmes9193 BS Studies show productivity drops incredibly for a majority of people who work from home.

[@Jay-nc7vk]

@@tracyholmes9193 Whatever! You are so desperate for your point. Get a grip. Please attach a link or direct us to these studies. Let me guess.... The studies were done by the federal government.

[@ericwilliams1023]

Trump can't lay off anyone nor can he give severance packages...yall bet not leave and think he gonna pay. Hell,he stil owes people from 1980😂

[@tonyeaton671]

They better show up for work or be fired

[@francocastillo5019]

Shut up Jew!

[@JayHoffmann842]

Unlike you

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Keep licking those billionaire boots 🫵🫵🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@moldycat4852]

Actually, this reads like they can basically not take on any new projects for 8 months while still getting paid.

[@larrytaylor9954]

The idiot is trying to emulate Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers to demonstrate his power, but all Trump did is strengthen federal employees to stay on the job. It will take more than idle threats to purge federal employees and manipulate the federal workforce into his own image.

[@DavidVogeley]

Trump offering somebody money is a joke you'll only get the offer you won't get the money

[@MoniqueTrammelle]

Did you guys Vote for Trump???

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Even for those that did, they'll still find a way to blame Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, immigrants, or whatever other boogeyman Fox News tells them to!

[@mrpvpnationn7948]

Yessssssirrr!

[@Jas-sq5er]

​@@mrpvpnationn7948😂😂😂😂 so sad for you. Must be racist and a heart fueled with hate

[@sandyindasun2607]

Noooo!!!!

[@DJ_Katone]

Hell no!

[@bluehole8691]

I have a fairly new relationship with the people who manage Social Security/Medicare having retired 15 months ago. I am impressed with how well this organization runs. The cost to manage the program is something around 2-3% of the entire program. Very few private companies can match that. So many people depend greatly on this monthly check, money they have earned and payed into the system. They had better get this right.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

Elon Musk has taken control of the part of the OBM that pays the govt's bills; they have access to our private info.

[@LASFV]

It would require them to go into the office to work instead of working at home. The news is so misleading

[@toscatattertail9813]

this is completely separate from that, Just watch...The jobs that are vacated are going to be permanently removed from the budget . You can't save money if you hire someone to replace those that are leaving.

[@beebee2731]

@@toscatattertail9813 That's their goal. To move govt money to their private sector donors via work contracts.

[@Native_Creation]

It's asking them to resign, these jobs are being completely gutted. Not like you'd care because you're just a bot account

[@overeasy9920]

​@toscatattertail9813 the federal government is bloated

[@GodBlessUsEveryone-yg8vf]

Hello there! Have you seen the email? If so, I'd like you to share where I can find it to read it, myself. I'd really like to see it & read it for myself.

[@DanangAlta]

I've been laid off by the Federal Government, there's nothing new about it. Take charge of your life/ career and put yourself in a better position and move on.

[@jazziez6467]

Many are low iq and thats how they got the made up useless job

[@Allupinyainbreds]

Nice story MAGAT. You live with your momma boy 😂

[@moldycat4852]

They're not being laid off. They are being offered a fake resignation "opportunity" so Trump can avoid responsibility and labor/union protection violations.

[@moveitback1]

I TOOK THE BUYOUT ,MAGA!!!

[@Allupinyainbreds]

@ SHOW US PROOF LIAR 🤥

[@matthews8374]

We're supposed to feel sorry for them? If you're going to stay on you will need to show up & actually WORK for the money you've been receiving for years. That's so mean.

[@patrisio3]

In my agency, we will most likely work less in the office (just like some of my friends in the private sector who have gone back to the office. Before telework, I worked OT for maybe 20 weeks in 10 years. Since telework, I have worked OT maybe 120 weeks in 5 years. My agency is project-based with lots of milestones to meet. From home, people have nothing to do but work. But going back to the office means going back to getting to work at 8AM (if no incident happens during the commute that makes people late) only to go get coffee or breakfast nearby for 30-40 mins, lots of chatting (at water coolers, hallways, stairwells, cubes/personal offices), not doing as much work because of bandwidth congestion that’s making applications slow, going to lunch at nearby restaurants that takes 70-80 mins, leaving the office 30 mins early to get to a nearby Happy Hour, and turning the computer off at 5PM never to be on it again until the next day. No one is going to be working past 8PM anymore when they have to commute home and get up early the next day to dress and commute back. We are going back to a 40 hr week instead of 50+.

[@matthews8374]

@@patrisio3 I understand your point but...maybe eat breakfast at home & pack a lunch & bypass the social interactions & just work. Just a suggestion not a jab. I used to eat my lunch at my desk while working & brought my own coffee & never took breaks except for the bathroom. Our government needs efficiency if we are going to do something about the 36 TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. (Note: I won't live long enough to count to one trillion let alone 36)

[@silentron1748]

200,000 career bureaucrats in only San Antonio area?? WOW!

[@marcos061059]

That's easily 15% of the San Antonio work force.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Congrats on contributing to mass unemployment & the ruin of our military 🫵🤡🤡

[@WhoIsCWhite]

You do know that there are five active duty military installations that make up Joint Base San Antonio with more than 320,000 personnel (Active Duty Service members and dependents, as well as the only Basic Training Base for the Air Force) right? A lot of the federal employees are retirees and former members of the military, and spouses of service members assigned in the region...and that's not including the federal employees that work for agencies like the Department of Veterans affairs (for VA appointments, SM suicide hotline) and other agencies throughout the government that assists private citizens as well.

[@slipspectrum9253]

They have remote monitoring software. You people haven’t got a clue at how closely remote work is monitored. You could never get away with shadow employment. But they don’t get monitored in the office, at all. When you are tied to a computer system all day, doing work, that work can be measured. They know exactly what you are and aren’t doing. In the office, you can take extended restroom breaks, you can talk around the water cooler, you can plan meetings to gab on and on with no point. Telework is an incentive that they don’t want to lose by screwing off. The real perk is the lack of a commute and less office distractions. People who telework actually put more time into their job than people that go into the office. They actually have to warn people because they are afraid of people working off the clock. That violates labor law. It also can contribute to burnout. The reason I know all of this is because my company makes the software that is used for monitoring remote workers…

[@ProJoe-xb5ie]

How much going on in San Antonio for that many federal workers😅 what do they got a couple Taco stands there and that's about it last time I was there

[@MrJohnnyboyrebel]

Oh, the horrors of having to work an 8 to 5 schedule in an office! I am now retired after having worked for nearly 43 years, some of which (9 years) spent as a technical support engineer on 24-7 on-call. What a bunch of lazy wimps. Get your butts back to the office.

[@Strollmanx]

Amen to that. My son works six days a week and finally took his gal on a vacation after two years. He just shrugs it off and he is being recognized for his work ethic.He is on his feet all day. One day when he was young his car was stuck in the snow, a terrible Michigan blizzard. his only concern was getting to work on time. I could not be more proud! When thinking of these whiners Ty Cobb comes to mind and how he ripped on slackers as being "mollycoddled" an old word but right on the money!

[@armytruth6860]

If you don't be quiet with your back in my day things have changed okay we don't live in 1985 anymore we don't live in 1999 anymore you have to evolve with life okay

[@donaldjohnson-y6n]

There are some areas that need to be improved in the Federal workforce. I saw federal fulltime employees being overworked by given those 24x7 oncall duties, while the contractors sat around confused about what to do next because they weren't being given assignments. And they didn't want to pay hourly overtime for oncall duties, so the contractors had close to a normal working schedule while the fulltimers were taking the brunt because they could be counted on to not leave before retirement. There are a lot of backward things going on.

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

Are you commenting here instead of doing your job?

[@EugeneHolley-rc6ry]

@@armytruth6860 The government is evolving, technology is replacing jobs in every sector, you are the one living in the past.

[@gypsy5592]

He never pays his bills, his word means nothing.

[@AbsFabbs]

There is no mechanism to actually pay these people either. Just empty promises.

[@govrif]

Job security in government work feels more unpredictable every year. One day you’re essential, the next you’re on the chopping block.

[@Head2Tow]

Nobody wants to lose the retirement package. They’ll Need to be forced out.

[@les0101s]

How is that a retirement package if they're only getting 8 months pay?

[@jturtle5318]

Where does he think he's getting the funding for the buyout? Congress hasn't allocated any money for it.

[@nancybbailey1975]

Presidents have a discretionary fund, where do you think Biden kept getting money from when the House said no?

[@AbsFabbs]

Facts!!’ There is no mechanism to make this happen. Congress holds the purse strings not the executive branch. His base doesn’t know this nor do they care. It makes them happy to think of others suffering and that’s all that matters.

[@AbsFabbs]

@@nancybbailey1975does it make you angry how much he told yall to stay stupid while embracing the educated ones who will rob you blind. Just do a small amount of research please. Being ignorant isn’t good.

[@Neverforget71324]

@@AbsFabbs Trust me... not a single Federal Employee is "suffering". Facts! We'll get it done one way or another.

[@Neverforget71324]

@@AbsFabbs He's basically paying them to do nothing until they are let go. The funding is there... nothing extra is needed. duh.

[@georgeaguirre9426]

Showing up for work is not a bad thing. You dont want to show up for work you should resign, plenty of potential employees waiting in line to take that spot.

[@wheatsourdough]

Problem with that is the executive order dictating a hiring freeze. Even if people are lined up to take the spot they can’t.

[@georgeaguirre9426]

@@wheatsourdough the folks in the report seem to be unhappy with having to go back to the office for work. Ultimately the goal here is to save money on folks who's position is not essential. Rather than complain about work they should be great full for the federal job they have. And again if showing up to the office for their shift proves too difficult then they can look for work at a place that will accommodate their scheduling need.

[@MrOpie308]

I have ZERO sympathy for any Gov't employee that must find a job in the private sector. YOU ARE NOT OWED A JOB.

[@Allupinyainbreds]

They don’t care what an inbred MAGAT thinks huckleberry 😉 😘

[@moldycat4852]

No. They were offered a job. A job they were doing. These are not big rollers like Trump's billionaire cabinet, these are middle income workers with families and mortgages (if they are lucky). Some of them are receptionists and some of them have literally found treatments for rare diseases in these roles and you talk about them like, well, like they are the trust fund baby we have in power right now.

[@h_3_x_]

Why not?

[@James-sd1kc]

​@@h_3_x_Figure it out!😂

[@djdubbs313]

I get it now , ppl don’t care about ppl no more. Holy Shit this is so insensitive. That a piss poor attitude

[@flezmo]

How is the helping grocery prices?

[@sarahmccoy1941]

Memo to Texans: The prices at the grocery store and at the gas pump are about to rise dramatically because of Trump’s tarriffs to be placed on products coming into this country from Canada, Mexico, and China. Thanks DJT. Just what we needed, higher prices!

[@BestmeLynn]

Memo: to those Not from Texas, we have oil and gas drilling and production in our state, which our great president has unleashed, our prices will now go down, that’s why tech companies, insurance companies, etc. fleed here from blue states, oh, and we have no state tax..our state is very lucrative, with great surplus, Google it!! Texas is no longer in purgatory caused by the Biden administration, thru sanctions and illegals! Dril baby drill🇺🇸🛢️

[@basalticfarms]

I can hear Trump say "Your Fired" which is music to taxpayers ears.

[@overeasy9920]

The federal government is bloated and we dont get the help we PAY FOR

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

Are you retired so that you can comment on the internet instead of doing your job

[@markdegloria4038]

​@@WilliamPappas-b6olibtard 😂

[@bonniegaither3994]

So you think getting rid of 90% of it is gonna help you get better service

[@slipspectrum9253]

So firing everyone is going to get you the help you need? I think you need more like a doctor or mental health specialist to help with those critical thinking skills… The government employees that are there are actually working… Work output can be and is measured. The real problem is there isn’t enough of them due to not backfilling after retirements. It’s a shortage, not of bodies in the office, but bodies period. So firing everyone that’s left is going to help how, again?

[@ericschwarz5392]

@@bonniegaither3994 YES! This is what the majority of the USA voted FOR!

[@TheWayouy]

Stupid is as Stupid does.

[@mannyesco5232]

You got used to doing nothing

[@Toni_Snark]

How do you know what they do? You have no idea.

[@mannyesco5232]

@Toni_Snark your gonna have a bad 4 years 😂

[@pegacorn13]

Are you kidding me? Grow a brain.

[@TrineDaely]

@@mannyesco5232 That's toothless from someone who doesn't know the difference between your, you're, and yore.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@mannyesco5232 your != you're You don't even have a 4th grade command of the English language, yet you're judging others!

[@rajm.5819]

Doofus thinks they want you to rock in federal position.

[@motivate668]

This is not going to end well America

[@rebeccac847]

8 months pay? Ridiculous!

[@iwejun]

Yeah he’ll pay you off just like the jilted cities, and municipalities who are still owed.

[@cozy_bella_me]

It will not be a payout. It will be in payments 🤦🏾‍♀️ Think he slick.

[@janpeterson1206]

DON'T TAKE BUY OUT! ITS FAKE!!

[@ralphcivita-g7y]

And who told you that? CNN,MSNBC? STOP BEING A TROLL👀

[@mikewilley732]

50 million in condoms and people are sleeping in tents in north Carolina...

[@TobyTBD]

So you just parrot any false information you hear come that comes from Republicans?

[@Mutanttaint]

That's a lie. There was not 69 million spent on condoms, stop listening to trump.

[@AmericanDevolution]

Haha! You fell for the condom bull.

[@sheffrudytke1086]

Lies lies lies. A dumb blonde wearing a cross. Where have I seen that before.

[@Mutanttaint]

@@mikewilley732 that is false

[@ann3512]

You’re not forced out just forced to put pants on and go to the office! Build a bridge!

[@moldycat4852]

They know a lot of these workers don't live in the vicinity of their office. Thats the entire point. They are making a fake offer, that Trump can't legally provide, just to get people to quit. Then he can put in loyalists OR use it as an excuse to cut funding to programs that provide services to Americans that aren't his billionaire cabinet.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

"The way that the email was worded that, hey, if you're going to stay on, then, you know, essentially let's rock and roll and let's get it done for the American people and I think we're headed in the right direction." 🤦‍♂ I'm stunned that these fools still think this is a good thing. I guess he didn't read the part where Elon Trump said if you stay, there's no guarantee you'll have a job! But hey, glad he's stay positive. I know I'd personally want to throw up knowing that even if I'm one of the "lucky" ones to continue having employment, all of my colleagues might not and then whoever remains is expected to work like a dog for the same pay. Basically, the federal government has been turned into Twitter!

[@donde2k]

The federal government has been turned into Twitter? Promise?!?😃

[@dwreal1717]

Twitter is making profit for the first time in 2024, and free speech was restored. X is better than it ever was as Twitter

[@mannyesco5232]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 glad he's stay positive != glad he stays positive. What was all that mess about not knowing 4th grade English. Next time you feel the need to insult, just remember mistakes happen.

[@Sar2831]

TDS is strong in yoy

[@markcole5108]

No one should resign voluntarily.

[@privateer9181]

Looks like they r gonna go thru and find out who was illegally employeed do other jobs on federal time…while colecting a pay check…in other words sitting at home..they need permission to work any other job…most never got it..while completely doing nothing for their federal pay

[@Empower-Women]

They should have applications to monitor everyone's time logged in - many people likely had the system monitoring app and didnt know, while they collected that information to then swipe their ATMs and Credit card buys to see where they were to know they had another job and going to the stores, and 3 hr lunches - This can't be coming out of nowhere as a punishment. Ill hope the DHS Blue Campaign is cut off/revised since they contract out people who have no idea what they do at work, how to speak to people nor how to help - they are "politician affirming, not victim affirming" .. Same for the Domestic Violence Federal subsidies going to Counties. They have the money, print some fact-sheets and 'that's about it'. They do nothing - and they are VERY nasty to people if you come to them for help. Its shocking.

[@slipspectrum9253]

They have remote monitoring software. You people haven’t got a clue at how closely remote work is monitored. You could never get away with shadow employment. But they don’t get monitored in the office, at all. When you are tied to a computer system all day, doing work, that work can be measured. They know exactly what you are and aren’t doing. In the office, you can take extended restroom breaks, you can talk around the water cooler, you can plan meetings to gab on and on with no point. Telework is an incentive that they don’t want to lose by screwing off. The real perk is the lack of a commute and less office distractions. People who telework actually put more time into their job than people that go into the office. They actually have to warn people because they are afraid of people working off the clock. That violates labor law. It also can contribute to burnout. The reason I know all of this is because my company makes the software that is used for monitoring remote workers…

[@DustyNickelz]

Need 50% of government gone!!

[@Dontmindme33]

Yeah but the right ones aren’t getting the axe aka trump and his whole reality tv show cabinet

[@DWoodsII]

Yeah trump did that with the FAA and look what happened. Dudes been in office less then a month and already fk’n up “bigly”

[@greatestever7623]

Starting with congress

[@hopefloats7573]

You mean like air traffic controllers??

[@DustyNickelz]

@@hopefloats7573 you said that!! Your not very smart lmfao!!😆😆😆

[@kaliha55]

They will show and fight for there jobs. They can and will not just be excused! Fight for your jobs 👊🏾

[@chadhaire1711]

If their spelling is as bad as yours, they need to get fired dumbazz......

[@thelastminuteman7513]

You mean "DO" their jobs. For once. Lazy managerial class losers probably need us blue collar workers to pay their college debt too.

[@Weirddos18]

Kay offs happen all the time. We’re $36 TRILLION in debt. If they worked for a company the lay offs would have happened long ago without 8 months severance

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Trump added _over_ 8 trillion dollars to the debt during his first term, yet the rich & corporations still got gigantic tax breaks... instead of keeping the rich peoples taxes where they were to try to lower the debt sooner

[@moldycat4852]

Funny how they aren't touching the contracts that go to billionaires, just the services for lower income people and the public servants who provide them.

[@JKLM-j2u]

Government never creat jobs but lower paid workers end up pay more taxes.

[@shawna3350]

These workers will not get 8 mos severance pay unless Trump or Musk pay them out of their own pockets and we know there is zero chance of that. Paying workers isn't why there is 36 trillion in debt. Continuously giving tax cuts to the richest people and a bloated Pentagon budget that is never able to pass an audit are 2 of the biggest contributors to debt.

[@TobyTBD]

We’re not in debt because of people having federal jobs.

[@BP-ry6mw]

Time to end the bloat.

[@Dontmindme33]

DO NOT RESIGN!!! I bet THE BUYOUT LETTER FAIL TO MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT PAYING UNTIL SEPTEMBER

[@christophernaples1315]

Said the village simpleton icehole

[@Dontmindme33]

@ @ awwww is that all you could come up with? Please go to time out and think of a better insult. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣my gold fish has harder come backs than you . Maybe come back when you have something to add that’s of substance.

[@SamAdams-r6m]

You're cringe 😂​@@Dontmindme33

[@ezrollerj]

Imagine being so harmful to the country that the President is paying you to quit... LET THAT SINK IN

[@DevMeloy]

My wife used a job at the IRS as a stepping stone into a real job, the stories she told me are insane and would piss off anyone who pays taxes.

[@Donna-j8c]

He won't ever pay them, just like the multiple contractors, the rally bills he still owes from his FIRST campaign. No one is safe.

[@nagphillips7886]

Lis as usually they have to go into office to work. I can't wait until these people file taxes. Trump talked about going after people who had two jobs while working for government. I am all for it.

[@haroldbottom3474]

Active duty soldiers have second jobs. I know soldiers who do Uber eats during there lunch and after work.

[@nagphillips7886]

@@haroldbottom3474 He is talking about all the people who went on tik tok bragging about having two jobs. They were government workers bragging about not doing government job while working at another job. Those are the people I am talking about and I am sure that is who Trump is talking about.

[@dogsense3773]

​@@nagphillips7886never happen ,don't lie like trump

[@satanertau2689]

Fight back Federal employees!!!!!!! It blows my mind, all the higher level resignations I've seen over the years. Stay and fight!!!!!

[@Happy11807]

HE IS JUST TELLING THEM GO TO WORK,OR YOU ARE FIRED,BUT WHAT A PACKAGE IF YOU DECIDE TO QUIT.THEY CLOSED MY PLANT AND Employees got 30 days and pay your own insurance!

[@Cooper906outdoor]

Womp womp. Time to get a job that doesn't burden the taxpayer

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

Like your job where you can comment on the internet instead of working

[@dcrose001]

​@@WilliamPappas-b6oaww look at the failure

[@Cooper906outdoor]

@WilliamPappas-b6o correct. My wage does not burden the taxpayer. Instead the majoroty of it comes from bills paid by banking corporations in return for keeping their equipment in a safe condition which travel through towns from canada to mexico. What hours of the day may I comment?? What days do I work, and at what time do I start and finish work? When are my break times? Show the world how smart you are, here's your chance!

[@Cooper906outdoor]

@WilliamPappas-b6o correct. My job does not burden the taxpayer, and helps keep up safety levels on equipment that surrounds most of us on a daily basis and drives the economy, while my company is paid mostly by the coffers of big banks and big corporations

[@takashipulsts4161]

Do believe it. He will never pay. Good for you and God bless you.

[@U2rsilly]

Then show up for work

[@WhoIsCWhite]

A lot of people in these comments will be shellshocked if (or when) there's a significant drop in federal employees... and then they learn how important those people were when the consequences impact their lives directly. No one (who understands the function of the government) wanted a government shut down... but now they somehow believe they want a crippled government severely understaffed?

[@susansmith9230]

Try to call a federal agency now and see how hard it is to get help

[@kingocowata]

@@susansmith9230it’s been like that since before 😂

[@U2rsilly]

Didn't show up for work and prove them wrong

[@Dddd-d4h6x]

Except for every 1 employee who thinks they don't have to follow the directive of their employer there will be 1000 qualified applicants ready to fill that position and show up for work every day. A job is not about your convenience as the employee, it's about you performing the tasks given to you in the manner your employer requires. If you don't like it, someone else will be perfectly happy to do it.

[@metronorthwtrain1452]

​@@Dddd-d4h6xthey act like they're not replaceable. Oh no, accountability. Covid has been over for years yet still there's an overwhelming workforce working from home. Everyone is replaceable. Everyone in the country should read your reply. Thank you.

[@Jorhanbear]

This is bad information. One, not a buy out. Two, anyone who takes this will lose their retirement. Three, there is no budget to fund this or anything like it.

[@marktombazian6490]

It doesn't matter if Down sizing in corporate is public or federal. Twitter cut 85% of the work force bc of the money wasted. Federal is no different. How many businesses have cut their work force bc of taxes just to stay in business or a drop in business? Same thing.

[@Strollmanx]

I have seen it. DEI meant get my cousin and her slacker boyfriend a job too. The mice will play when the cat's away.

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

You should be in charge of everything

[@MoleculeMan2025]

And look how well twitter is doing now 😂

[@slipspectrum9253]

They have remote monitoring software. You people haven’t got a clue at how closely remote work is monitored. You could never get away with shadow employment. But they don’t get monitored in the office, at all. When you are tied to a computer system all day, doing work, that work can be measured. They know exactly what you are and aren’t doing. In the office, you can take extended restroom breaks, you can talk around the water cooler, you can plan meetings to gab on and on with no point. Telework is an incentive that they don’t want to lose by screwing off. The real perk is the lack of a commute and less office distractions. People who telework actually put more time into their job than people that go into the office. They actually have to warn people because they are afraid of people working off the clock. That violates labor law. It also can contribute to burnout. The reason I know all of this is because my company makes the software that is used for monitoring remote workers…

[@medicburd]

Government is not a business and cannot be run like a business. It’s much hard to build back a government workforce than a private sector workforce. If you cut too much, then nothing gets done and everyone loses.

[@4x4x420]

Welfare checks are done, you’re gonna have to get a job and WORK!!!

[@MindYourThoughts7]

First of all people are not getting welfare checks anymore and most people do work both benefits or not just hand it out like they were back in the 70s and 80s and early 90s that’s been changed. I have friends that work within these agencies make it make sense which more careful about what you guys are saying don’t get caught up with this rhetoric.🤔 those that cannot work those that are not able to work. Those that qualify for these programs and benefits should get them however, any able-bodied young male and female ought be working period🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

The misinformation you must be subjected to must be astonishing to make you believe that federal workers are getting welfare checks.

[@damronbrooks6902]

How’s it welfare when it’s their job genius? Please don’t have kids they might turn out as dumb as you are

[@sofiaalonzo807]

The problem is there is not enough good paying jobs. There are so many store closures and layoffs.

[@dcrose001]

​@@MindYourThoughts7lol fake news

[@graceweber2822]

The gravy train is about to end.

[@moldycat4852]

Right 😂. The gravy train of being a receptionist at the Office of Land Management. These are mostly middle income workers with families and mortgages (if they are lucky). Some are highly skilled laborers who could make very good money int he private sector. Calling it a gravy train just makes it clear that we have allowed billionaires to convince Americans that any job that provides a pension is a King's ransom.

[@rudder727]

Maybe go in to the office as directed. Then you won't get fired.

[@Dontmindme33]

Please, your bulb is loose!!! Does not matter if they go in or not!!! They going in just to be fired or told to resign. But one would be foolish to resign when the promise to pay is NOT WRITTEN in the buyout clause.

[@markp652]

No he’s correct, these lazy bastards need to get back to work or find a new job, time to clean house! 45 47!!

[@ROSAGarcia-sm5hh]

Trump should be Fired.

[@markp652]

@@ROSAGarcia-sm5hh and you should be back in Sinaloa but that isn’t likely given you people are invading this country

[@stevemcdonald6001]

What's Trump's next stunt? Deport anyone named Luigi?

[@jasonsanders3930]

Wow that’s hilarious bro🙄

[@pomegranate6221]

😂😂😂 thats ok... Won't be long before robots are controlling all prisons😂

[@thubandra963]

He is being targeted, by the rest of us that get up and go to work every damn day to make a living. You want to set your own hours, start your own company.

[@Bailey-cx7zz]

Exactly.

[@MoleculeMan2025]

People just don't seem to understand, this isn't just remote workers. What happens if just 20% of TSA workers or air traffic controllers take this offer. If you enjoy long security lines or long flight delays, you're in luck.

[@evanhenry9179]

Those workers have to show up for work..... Never seen a TSA scan luggage from home.

[@ernestoveloz6109]

That's what we voted for. Government is too big! It's time to CUT CUT CUT!!!!

[@Patricia-yx8gh]

Oh! Now you are complaining! No complaints when they were staying home during Biden administration. Grow up you cry babies!

[@Jas-sq5er]

We did not!! 92%💙🫂

[@andyreidsmustache9247]

I bet you never leave your house.

[@Allupinyainbreds]

WE ALL KNOW YOURE A QANON INBRED MAGAT EATING CANNED FOOD STFU WITH EMPLOYMENT TALK 😂

[@nolongerblocked6210]

You voted to let billionaires line their pockets with government money while you pretend you're a Christian

[@uneekimage1]

8 months of pay versus years of working in the future?? How stupid is that?

[@hkl8783]

It is meant for soon to be retirees, stupid.

[@jasonsanders3930]

Anyone who has dealt with the government knows something has to be done. Federal workers are way too comfortable, with too little work ethic. They are under the impression that they can do whatever they please and bleed our economy

[@stevebutler812]

Anonymous sources said, “….” Wow, the old anonymous trick.

[@dwreal1717]

It has all the Ear marks of Russian Propaganda!

[@tiffanijones5569]

Get em out!!! Get your butts back to work, there is no excuses!!!!!

[@elcid4097]

Government workers should be given the option to transition to border patrol, U.S customs or ICE, the military, or postal service if they wish to stay working for the government

[@slipspectrum9253]

Yeah, they need scientists, engineers, electronics technicians, accountants, business professionals and air traffic controllers and medical doctors running around migrant chasing. This is the biggest waste of money America has ever witnessed, and you will be starving before you realize how poorly the plan was put together 🤷‍♂️ Then they will be begging these people to come back when big Ag and the food industry craters. And we will have to pay again. Brilliant strategy.

[@johnryman-f3c]

WHY THOSE ALL ARE OVER STAFFED

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

​@@johnryman-f3c Are they over-staffed or is he just claiming they are? He's testing for loyalty.

[@ArturoChacOn-r4h]

Is he really gonna pay severance pay to the federal employees hmm don't know if they will receive that money

[@jasonb1159]

If you're an essential worker you'll have nothing to worry about

[@Cooper906outdoor]

Devisive titles aren't helping anyone. Buuuut, government employees are the last group I would ever consider "eSsEntIaL", since you brought it up

[@jasonb1159]

@Cooper906outdoor exactly

[@tomfairbourn6998]

it's a failing company that has to trim excessive fat. they are all lucky that they will get a severance package most don't.

[@MD-mm1zv]

Here’s the deal. We’re approaching $40 trillion in debt, and we’re racking it up at better than $2 trillion a year. We have a vile, ideologically-warped, bloated government never intended by those who created this place…and we’re gonna shrink the federal bureaucracy down SUBSTANTIALLY. That means we won’t need our government workforce at anywhere near its current size. If you can’t retire, get busy locating new digs today. Instead of fighting the inevitable. It is gonna happen, because it HAS to.

[@LetzBeaFranque]

All the employees have to do is report physically to work just like the rest of us. What's the problem?

[@enarush1]

They might not have a job to go to in a couple of months. Trump is planning on eliminating their department in a couple of months

[@Dontmindme33]

You seriously think that’s the all to it huh???? Or maybe some peachier colored folks are getting different letters than us more melanin abundant ones. I would be surprised.

[@moldycat4852]

Well, to start with, they hired people who don't live near their offices. And they know that. So they are making people choose to either move cities, possibly states, for a job that Trump is trying to eliminate, or take a deal Trump can't legally make good on. He is just seeing how many labor protections he can get around to not pay them. This is a man that admitted to hiring scabs to avoid paying overtime after all.

[@djdubbs313]

That’s the problem? Y’all mad because ppl work from home? This childish

[@Cooper906outdoor]

​@@enarush1good!

[@jasondavis1502]

The criminals operating under color of law are done.

[@texastea5686]

I work at the VA , we all got the same email. We just rolled our eyes. No one is forcing us to resign.

[@Thr33-Quarters]

We could lose half of federal workers and bureaucracy and not skip a beat

[@Thr33-Quarters]

Most are there just to collect paychecks and pensions, just like union workers... No pride in their work. That's why VA and every gov organization has such a bad reputation.

[@BrokeDadProductions]

These folks seem to think their government job is a constitutional right to keep for their careers.

[@boydross]

don’t be suckers trump will be leaving first

[@donaldmagill1704]

Drain the swamp

[@deborahblount8571]

Do not take the Buyout. This is to take eligibility for unemployment as you quit

[@thelastminuteman7513]

So they can continue to get paid to stay home and do nothing? The adults are in charge now, little one. Sit down play with your toys and shut up.

[@MagiRaz]

@@thelastminuteman7513 lol, they're still going to get paid to sit at home and do nothing, what do you think unemployment checks ARE? You have no idea how anything works.

[@barrybb5409]

Boohoo the federal government said I cant be hired because of my skin color and I'm suppose to feel sorry for them when the rules are applied to them?

[@tomaroni6670]

I think it's genius that the federal employees that have been working from home for 5 years don't have to either come to work or get fired...The employee themselves decide to start going to the office or resign and take the severance package...It's up to them to pick which door they want!

[@moldycat4852]

Looking forward to the lawsuits considering Trump has no authority to make offers like this. Unless, of coarse, he is king now.

[@MysticOracle]

You do not have critical thinking skills and cannot think beyond the first move. It's retards like you as to why we are now living in a Fascist Regime.

[@AndyF.525]

He is KING and the best one ​@@moldycat4852

[@JKLM-j2u]

Less government than more power to the citizens. Great President Trump.

[@sophies6834]

😮 working at home is a problem to you? Its better cause no electricity water other things cause the employer dont use them,.and they re working better , no worker making too much noise or speaking to you for nothing or calls on calls

[@RichardHolmquits-xc1nl]

The fed workers to call them workers is laughable

[@redwater7996]

If you want to stay on, then go to work like everybody else nobody cares what’s gonna impact you? You don’t wanna be impacted?? Well carry yourself to work

[@connienatale7886]

Go back to the office if you want to stay.

[@stustanski3912]

Deport Deport Deport 🇺🇸

[@AnnoDomini-l3u]

The Government is way to Big, on every level, and it has to start somewhere

[@georgeadkins8214]

The choice is resign or get back to work in the office. Nothing controversial about that.

[@JosephJimenez-s7m]

Lazy human being's

[@Empower-Women]

Perhaps this is another social experiment to see what they will say/do. Studies on social behaviors are fun!

[@TandD1w]

Legally, can a person be forced to "resign"?

[@UnidentifiableVegtable]

Well why don’t they just go to work like the rest of us? It’s not that hard a decision

[@doebuck9708]

Lazy....

[@RandyRanderson404]

The private sector faces layoffs all the time but public sector is immune to it?

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

Federal employees are paid less than private sector.

[@RandyRanderson404]

@ They get better benefits and if you’re laid off the private sector, you get no money.

[@therealtoxictyrone]

200,000 in the San Antonio region ? 200,000 federal employees in the San Antonio region ?

[@odar9729]

Right, interesting in certain locations…. Certain demographic locationa

[@BruceDavisdon]

How much work are they actually getting done at home???

[@Jas-sq5er]

People work more at home. Im remote for a fortune 500. Work weekends only 14, 13, 13 . I put in at least 45 hours, i start 2 hours early and stay hour later. When I start early i feel more ahead i work better remote. If i was at my old office i would be at my coworkers desk getting into trouble 😂😂😂. My projects are done far in advance. My 1 on 1 with my manager he has nothing to complain about. If i am needed to go in i can do half remote or in office. I even cover time when we short on coverage. I concentrate more remote. I have an office no small children. No distractions.

[@BruceDavisdon]

@ - “remote work “ is a day off, or many days off.

[@sd906238]

It must of been great to never have to wear pants, work boots, hard hats, safety goggles, ear plugs and fire proof clothing. Working in the power block roasting my nuts off where it was so hot that when I would walk outside into the 120 degree heat that it actually felt cool. Sitting in an air conditioned house in your underwear, that is the life.

[@Empower-Women]

@@Jas-sq5er You work for private. They have a different mentality, as a whole. They see customers and stockholders as Stakeholders in their products/services. The Government does not view taxpayer lives the same way. Its just how they are.

[@telleryoutube4458]

@Empower-Women That is simply not true. Specially in the DOD sector where products and services are being built all the time, with the stakeholder often being external or related to a military need.

[@CameraCommando]

Its not a buy out. It's just paid leave until you leave. Doesn't require additional funding.

[@marksears7217]

People need to actually look at the size of the federal workforce and realize it's ranked as the 15th largest employer in the with over 3 million employees. Think about the retirements health insurance and all sorts of premium additional benefits they recieve. Its inefficient and part of the budget deficit. Lets make people earn their money again!

[@les0101s]

How do you know it's inefficient? Do you want to see big unemployment numbers? Who will pay taxes and finance those big tax breaks for the rich and corporations?

[@marksears7217]

@les0101s please educate yourself. Do some research, make your own decision. The truth can be denied but it's still the truth

[@les0101s]

@ I am educated, but like Trump said, it's common sense.

[@marksears7217]

@@les0101s and I make that comment with no intention of attack, literally look into all the waste of the government. Listen to real testimony regarding how money gets spent and how budgets work. An administrative official likened it to filling up a bucket with a hole and transferring the water to other buckets with holes, not the exact analogy but it stands to illustrate how someone/people is always getting something from somewhere they shouldn't be

[@dynaforceproducts]

about goddamn time. What has the FEDERAL government and FEDERAL employees ever done for me in exchange for all the tens of thousands of dollars I paid? (except mailman)

[@Foxie635]

People don't realize Government is not your mom and dad. You are their slave. It's worse in the private sector. Some nurses got the yellow/pink slip as they walked in. They had to find a job at a lower pay. They left without whining because that's how it was, they were an employee at will.

[@moldycat4852]

One of the great reasons to be a nurse is that you often have a union (in union friendly states at least). It protects you from reckless multi millionaires that take over work done in the public interest (like Trump taking over the Executive Branch) and destroying the service provided for the sake of profits. We actually don't have to be subjected to the whims of billionaires if we stop voting for their dominance.

[@kurioscomics]

If you dont want to go to work then, "YOU'RE FIRED". We all have to leave home to work. Less federal workers is a good thing if you know anything about America.

[@U2rsilly]

Then I can stand in the unemployment line, what makes them think that they're so entitled?

[@MAquiNAroJA12]

KENS 5 taking that cnn/msnbc persona 😂😂😂😂. Start reporting unbiased factual news.