It's a s*** show': Department of Transportation scrambles to keep staff who accepted resignations [View all]

Source: The Independent

Thursday 24 April 2025 18:03 BST


So many workers at the Department of Transportation accepted a second deferred resignation offer that officials have been forced to ask some of them to reconsider.

As part of President Donald Trump and the Elon Musk-led DOGE’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, the Transportation Department offered employees another opportunity to take a deferred resignation, for which approximately 4,700 people volunteered, according to Politico.

That number, while not final, represents roughly 9 percent of the department’s 55,000-strong workforce. About 45,000 of those work at the Federal Aviation Administration, although it is unclear how many offered to quit that particularly agency. The high number of employees volunteering to leave in exchange for pay and benefits through September has led some officials to prompt them to “reconsider” the offer, Politico reported.

“It’s a s*** show, honestly,” an unnamed department employee told Politico. “I feel for HR because this is a mess they didn’t create.” The Independent has reached out to the Transportation Department for comment. The second round buyout offer was made to make the agency more efficient and to accommodate employees who declined the first round due to confusion, an agency spokesperson told the New York Times in February.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/department-of-transportation-resignations-faa-b2738955.html