Trump administration adds fine print to 'Fork' resignation offer, deepening confusion

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Source: NPR

February 4, 2025 8:03 AM ET


It's been a week since nearly all 2.3 million civilian employees of the federal government were presented with an offer: Agree to resign from your job by Feb. 6 and keep your pay and benefits through the end of September. Now, with the deadline to accept the offer nearing, federal agencies have sent out new terms and conditions in the form of a sample contract agreement that employees are told they can use to "memorialize" the deal. It's unclear who from the government would sign the agreements, or whether the contracts would be legally binding.

Adding to the confusion, some of the sample contract language diverges from the first email, which came from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the subject line "Fork in the Road," and other guidance presented to date. For example, some of the sample contracts sent out state that employees who accept the "Fork" offer are agreeing to work through Feb. 28, to ensure a smooth transition of duties, and will be put on paid administrative leave no later than March 1.

It is the first mention of any such dates tied to the "Fork" offer. The original email did not make clear that employees who resign would necessarily be put on administrative leave at all. An FAQ subsequently posted to OPM's website and shared by agencies poses the question: "Am I expected to work at my government job during the deferred resignation period?" The answer provided is simply "No."

Even memos sent out with the sample contract agreements summarize the deferred resignation offer as allowing eligible employees "to keep their government pay and benefits through September 30, 2025, without any expectation of performing work."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286238/federal-employees-fork-musk-trump-deferred-resignation

[Lovie777]

1. Since shithole musk republicans.....

administration are chaotic themselves…..

We the people know bullshit when we see it.

Here’s predicting that the above psychos destroy each other.

[Harker]

2. I'd like to present Musk with a fork.

In the road would be okay.