Staffers would be paid for eight months if they resign rather than return to the office full time.

The email is the most sweeping effort yet by the new Trump administration to shrink the ranks of government employees.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials said.

President Donald Trump is offering incentives to resign to nearly all federal workers in an attempt to reduce the size of the government. The administration expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept the offer, which contains eight months of pay and benefits. The White House confirmed the plan to the Washington Examiner.

Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has told around two million federal workers they can resign via email in exchange for a payout.

If private industry experience is any guide, the government’s top talent is likely to be the first out the door, though unions are warning against taking the deal.

Thousands of federal workers feel caught in limbo after the White House offer to buy out employees if they agree by Feb. 6.

There are some key questions employees should ask about the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer. ‘Overall and generally speaking, no, I don’t see this a good deal,’ an attorney said.

The White House is giving federal employees until Feb. 6 to accept the offer, President Trump’s latest move to drastically cut the government’s workforce.