Government workers are reeling after President Donald Trump’s administration presented a “payout” to federal employees refusing to return to the

The Trump administration has offered a buyout to federal employees who don't wish to return to work at the office. Here's how many could take the offer in Tennessee.

Big financial decisions made in haste are often followed by regret, especially when the terms leave you with no guarantees or options.

There’s also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town,” said an employee.

Millions of federal workers could choose to resign with temporary pay rather than comply with Trump administration executive orders, though the offer was not sent to the large workforces of federal contractors in Oak Ridge or the Tennessee Valley Authority.