U.S. President Donald Trump has offered federal employees the opportunity to resign in exchange for eight months’ pay, as part of a major effort to reduce and reform the American government.
In an email, his administration asked nearly all government workers to decide by February 6 whether they want to participate in a “voluntary resignation” program, which would require them to leave their jobs by the end of September.
Those who received the email have expressed confusion about what the deal means in practice.
Senior officials in the Trump administration told U.S. media that the plan could save the government up to $100 billion (80 billion pounds).
