While many U.S. workers cling to their paychecks as the job market is rocked by AI-related headcount cuts and dwindling opportunities, federal employees in the thousands are willfully walking out the door.
Today, America will experience its largest mass resignation in history, as 100,000 federal workers are set to formally quit their jobs. It’s a result of the Trump administration’s “fork in the road” Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) that staffers have taken up over previous months, who were allowed to transfer their workload and go on administrative leave until the official end date of federal service on Sept. 30, 2025.
