Trump’s Voluntary Resignation Program Sees 75,000 Sign Ups Still Targets Not Met –  Will Mass Firings Follow?

In an attempt to downsize the federal government, the new president Donald Trump created a voluntary resignation program. The program by an efficiency czar was aimed at some 5 to 10 percent cutdowns of the number of federal employees. Only around 75,000 federal workers have taken the deal and signed up for self resignation or about 3 percent from the 2.4 million civilian federal workers

This sign-up was indeed short of the White House’s target of about 120,000, a fact of 75,000 has continued raising questions whether there will be deeper mass firings.

The program that encouraged voluntary resignations a little from federal workers through incentives received a lesser response than anticipated. White House officials had expected a few more to help lay off people. Now with the turnout being below expectations, it is still yet to scrape the surface on how the government will go about cutting the workforce. 

Will Mass Firings Follow?

The less number of voluntary resignations has led the administration to look into other avenues of addressing the excess number of employees. This is because the resignation program is supposed to have reduced the need for involuntary layoffs. Federal programs might be forced to lay off people in large numbers. Whether the government will take such an extreme measure is yet lost in doubt. 

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