Summary
Federal workers condemned a Trump administration email urging mass resignations, calling it a coercive and legally dubious move influenced by Elon Muskās cost-cutting approach.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered ādeferred resignationsā while warning remaining employees of potential layoffs.
Critics, including unions and Democratic lawmakers, warned of widespread disruption to essential services.
The emailās phrasing echoed Muskās past layoffs at Twitter, raising concerns about the administrationās intentions.
Senator Tim Kaine urged workers not to accept the offer, citing Trumpās history of broken promises.
A person in the Discord Iām part of works for a small department within the Capitol. They said most of the department heads laughed at the email and likened Elon Musk to an idiot trying to rearrange furniture in the dark.
āRearrange furniture in the darkā is a really funny phrase