The Trump administration is offering all 2 million federal employees what amounts to a buyout if they do not intend to return to work in person later this year, sources confirmed to The Hill.

Four sources confirmed to The Hill that the emails are set to go out beginning Tuesday evening to the federal employees informing workers that they can retain benefits and be paid through September if they hand in their resignation by Feb. 6.

The buyouts are available to all full-time federal employees, excluding military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers and positions related to immigration enforcement and national security.

The offer sparked concern among employee unions as well as some Democratic lawmakers who cautioned against accepting a buyout.

The emails are expected to come from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), two sources said.

One buyout email reviewed by The Hill was sent with the subject line “fork in the road” and noted that “return to office” was one of four pillars of Trump’s “reformed” federal workforce.

Elon Musk, who President Trump has tapped to help lead efforts to reduce the federal workforce, wrote on X last month that he commissioned a sculpture also titled “A Fork in The Road.” He used the same subject line in 2022 when encouraging employees at what was then Twitter to leave or commit to being “extremely hardcore.”

The Tuesday email to federal workers instructed them to reply to the........

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