The new Trump administration’s effort to both get a grip on and dismantle the federal workforce has also been a dystopian farce.

The White House has introduced a buyout offer for federal employees unwilling to return to in-person work under President Trump’s directive to end remote work policies. With over 2 million federal employees,

Agencies should aim for a 30-day deadline to implement Trump’s return-to-office executive order, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

The government’s human resources agency also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.

Employees who take the offer won’t have to return to the office five days a week, but whether they’ll be called upon to work is unclear.

President Donald Trump is offering buyouts with eight months of pay to all federal workers who don't wish to return to the office.

Employees have until Feb. 6 to decide whether to take the buyouts offered by OPM or return to the office— in most cases, five days a week.

Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.

The Trump administration offered federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.