After paying people to leave, USDA scrambles to fill positions : NPR

"We are now all at home, being paid to stay home while they announce, less than 24 hours later, our jobs," said one APHIS employee who accepted deferred resignation and now sees their position on the list of openings. "What logic metric is being used to justify this?"

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5384961/usda-deferred-resignation-federal-workers-aphis