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What unexpected thing do both President Donald Trump and Google have in common? They both offered “buyouts” to current employees for the same reasons—to cut headcount and strengthen company and agency mission
alignments. Trump’s “Fork” memo offered federal employees the chance to resign between January 28 and midnight, February 6 (with an extension added by court order until February 10), in exchange for being paid until September 30, without working. People who took the offer would also accrue benefits in addition to their paychecks&mdas
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;even if they took another job. Google made an offer to 25,000 employees that they would receive severance in