Federal workers stunned by the Trump administration’s push for mass resignations are feeling relieved — for the moment — after a court delayed the effort.
Government employees were facing a Thursday deadline to decide whether to accept the Trump administration’s offer to resign with a promise that they’d continue to receive pay and benefits until Sept. 30.
As many employees scrambled to decide — and as some weighed the likelihood that their jobs could be eliminated anyway — a judge Thursday extended that deadline until at least Monday.
For some, the delay was welcome news that offered at least a small victory in what could be a lengthy legal battle over the Trump administration’s effort. Others expressed frustration that this will drag out the effort to purge federal workers across the government. And workers are uncertain about what legal hurdles could mean for those who already accepted the offer.
