Musk tried a similar scheme after his takeover of Twitter. What could go wrong with applying it to millions of federal workers?

President Donald Trump at a press conference on Wednesday said he is going to require federal employees who work at home to show up to work or be terminated. The president also addressed his proposal to offer payouts to government employees to quit their jobs.

Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most foreign aid, and pause legal filings.

The Trump administration has unveiled a novel plan offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit their jobs as part of a planned cull of the government workforce.

President Donald Trump says the government will offer buyouts to federal workers as part of his effort to shrink the government's workforce.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would give resignation offers to all federal employees who choose to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.

The Trump administration is offering eight-month "deferred resignation" offers to federal workers who do not wish to return to the office, provided they resign within the next week, according to a White House memo.

Almost all civil servants can opt to resign now and get paid through September without showing up for work—but Senator Tim Kaine warns it's a trick.