CIA offers buyouts to its entire workforce in a bid to align with Donald Trump's ambition to purge government departments
CIA) has actually initiated a buyout offer for its entire workforce as part of US President Donald Trump's broader strategy to reshape and downsize the federal government, reported Daily Mail.
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According to Daily Mail, numerous employees who will be accepting the buyout will be receiving an eight months of pay and major benefits in exchange for their resignations. This move now aligns with US President Donald Trump's goal of reducing the government bureaucracy and installing more loyalists within the federal agencies.
In addition to the buyouts, the CIA is also freezing job hiring and now pausing conditional offers to candidates with some of these offers likely to be rescinded if applicants do not meet the agency's new objectives, asserted Daily Mail. CIA Director John Ratcliffe also put an emphasis on the fact that the agency's focus will shift towards tackling drug cartels and countering China while reflecting the administration's national security priorities.
The buyout offer has generated significant amount of attention specifically as it marks the CIA's first participation in a voluntary redundancy program initiated under US President Donald Trump's administration, noted Daily Mail. The deadline for employees to decide on the buyout is approaching close and there are severe concerns about how many will accept the offer.
Several and eminent critics have already raised alarms about the implications of such drastic changes within a key national security agency.
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